Merge from vendor branch TNF:
authoragc <agc>
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 03:33:28 +0000 (03:33 +0000)
committeragc <agc>
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 03:33:28 +0000 (03:33 +0000)
commit1b9013e36c24ea3c624ca0d480811d34600d525e
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parentaded9a1e3ae1b9d99641ba94d937282068fa3d63
parentaee5f6432772298571d0ccf4186cebcf113d8ff0
Merge from vendor branch TNF:
Initial import of security/libpbc-0.5.10 into the Packages Collection.

The PBC (Pairing-Based Cryptography) library is a free C library built
on the GMP library that performs the mathematical operations
underlying pairing-based cryptosystems.

It provides routines such as elliptic curve generation, elliptic curve
arithmetic and pairing computation.

The API is abstract enough that the PBC library can be used even if
the programmer possesses only an elementary understanding of pairings.
There is no need to learn about elliptic curves or much of number
theory.  (The minimum requirement is some knowledge of cyclic groups
and properties of the pairing.)

      Boneh-Lynn-Shacham short signatures
      Hess identity-based signatures
      Joux tripartite Diffie-Hellman
      Paterson identity-based signatures
      Yuan-Li identity-based authenticated key agreement
      Zhang-Kim identity-based blind/ring signatures
      Zhang-Safavi-Naini-Susilo signatures