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Taher Elgamal

Also Known As ElGamal
Security And Privacy

Taher Elgamal is an Egyptian-American cryptographer and tech executive recognized for proposing the ElGamal cryptosystem in his 1985 paper on discrete logarithms. His work developing Secure Sockets Layer at Netscape, where he served as chief scientist from 1995 to 1998, became foundational for Transport Layer Security and HTTPS, and he received the 2019 Marconi Prize, shared with Paul Kocher, and election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022.

Facts
Birth Year
1955 1
Birth Date
1955-08-18 2
Nationality
Egyptian-American 2
Award
Marconi Prize 1
Connections

Credited

ElGamal Encryption Algorithm, Algorithms
Source ElGamal encryption (Wikipedia)
ElGamal signature scheme, Algorithms
Source ElGamal signature scheme (source article)

In Field

Cryptography, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Taher Elgamal

Invented

ElGamal Encryption Algorithm, Algorithms

Taher Elgamal published his public-key cryptosystem based on the Diffie-Hellman key exchange in 1985.

Invented By

ElGamal signature scheme, Algorithms
Source ElGamal signature scheme (source article)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Taher Elgamal
  • Wikidata Q910915, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q910915 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: Taher Elgamal
Wikimedia Foundation
  • opening paragraph
    (born 18 August 1955) is an Egyptian-American cryptographer and tech executive.
  • Lead section
    Elgamal's 1985 paper entitled "A Public Key Cryptosystem and A Signature Scheme Based on Discrete Logarithms" proposed the design of the ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and of the ElGamal signature scheme.
  • In Group: Applied Cryptography, lead sentence: Taher Elgamal (Arabic: طاهر الجمل) (born 18 August 1955) is an Egyptian-American cryptographer and tech executive.
  • In Field: Cryptography, Lead paragraph
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ElGamal signature scheme (source article)
  • Credited: ElGamal signature scheme, Lead [credited-to]
    It was described by Taher Elgamal in 1985.
  • Invented By: ElGamal signature scheme, Lead [credited-to]
    It was described by Taher Elgamal in 1985.
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ElGamal encryption (Wikipedia)
Credited: ElGamal Encryption Algorithm, Lead paragraph
Quote, Credited: ElGamal Encryption Algorithm, Lead paragraph
It was described by Taher Elgamal in 1985.
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