RSA signature generation (Menu Digital Signatures/PKI)

The digital signature is the counterpart of the hand made signature in the physical world for electronic documents.

It fulfils high security requirements: authenticity, integrity and liability. In many countries (e.g. European Union) the electronic signature is also legally equivalent to a hand written signature (depending on some prerequisites). For more information, please refer to the script.

To generate an electronic signature you need:

The RSA signature demonstration visualizes the process of generating a digital signature using an interactive flow chart. This workflow shows the details behind the digital signature, using the methods RSA encryption and hashing.

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More details about the RSA procedure are within the dialog RSA cryptosystem.