Design and Implementation of Digital Signature on Pedigree Using ECDSA

ECDSA를 사용한 Pedigree 디지털 서명의 설계 및 구현

  • Khosiawan, Yohanes (Department of Computer Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kwon, Joon-Ho (Department of Computer Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Hong, Bong-Hee (Department of Computer Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Published : 2012.06.22

Abstract

Facing the counterfeiting acts towards various products, many manufacturers implement ePedigree system to secure their supply chain. Using ePedigree, a distribution history including a valid product identifier from the manufacturer until the final retailer is recorded. And this ePedigree is signed by each involved supply chain party using digital signature. With this digital signature, any unauthorized alteration to the ePedigree document would generate a failed verification process. If there is a counterfeit product using a fake ePedigree document, it wouldn't be able to pass the verification process either. Hence, there wouldn't be any counterfeit product that could enter the legal supply chain and bought by the consumer. We are proposing to use ECDSA instead of RSA since it has faster performance and shorter key size. At a certain same security level, ECDSA only needs 163 bits, while RSA needs 1024 bits.

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Supported by : Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE)