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Signcryption, MIRACL and Rust

Normally when we digitally sign something, we have to create a hash of the data, and then use the public key of the receipitant to encrypt it. So can we sign something at the same time as we encrypt it? Well, we can, and one of the first papers to define this was authored by Yuliang Zheng [here]:

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
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Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.