Signing For A Gabled Message — The Blinding attack

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So can Eve get Bob to sign for something that actually gives away his private? This is known as the blinding attack, and where we get Bob to sign for a message that is garbled.

Eve starts by creating a message (M — “Pay Eve $1 million”) and then creates another message:

M′=rᵉ M (mod N)

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
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