Koblitz, Neal; Menezes, Alfred J. A survey of public-key cryptosystems. (English) Zbl 1071.94013 SIAM Rev. 46, No. 4, 599-634 (2004). The authors not only provide an overview of the best public-key ciphers, but also show how difficult a task it is to rank such cryptosystems. Their list of references is extensive with 124 items for further reading. Anyone interested in this topic should have a look at this paper. Reviewer: Richard A. Mollin (Calgary) Cited in 8 Documents MSC: 94A60 Cryptography 11T71 Algebraic coding theory; cryptography (number-theoretic aspects) 14G50 Applications to coding theory and cryptography of arithmetic geometry 68P25 Data encryption (aspects in computer science) Keywords:cryptography; public key; elliptic curve PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{N. Koblitz} and \textit{A. J. Menezes}, SIAM Rev. 46, No. 4, 599--634 (2004; Zbl 1071.94013) Full Text: DOI