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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1991
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cryptographic communication method and system for performing cryptographic communication between a host computer and a given one of plural terminals connected to the host computer by way of a communication network by using a data key designated by the given terminal or the host, wherein the host computer includes a cryptographic processing unit which includes a processing part for performing a public key cryptographic processing by using a pair of a public key and a private key and a common key cryptographic processing by using a common key, and an internal memory for storing master common key and master private key, a storage for recording as user private key information those data that result from the public key cryptographic processing performed by using a master public key on a plurality of user private keys which are in paired relation to user public keys held in the user terminals, respectively, and control means for performing input/output control between the storage and the cryptographic processing means.