GENERATING PUBLIC-PRIVATE KEY PAIR BASED ON USER INPUT DATA

摘要

Keys of a public-private key pair are provided by: receiving into a computer system input data from a user (UID); generating within the computer system a first key as a deterministic function of the UID; and generating within the computer system a second key as a deterministic function of the first key. The first key is the private key and the second key is the public key. The first key is cleared from the computer system following generation of the second key. Neither the UID nor the first key is exported from the computer system. The second key may be exported from the computer system.