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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">INFORMATICA</journal-id>
			<journal-title-group>
				<journal-title>Informatica</journal-title>
			</journal-title-group>
			<issn pub-type="epub">0868-4952</issn>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">0868-4952</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>VU</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">inf17202</article-id>
			<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15388/Informatica.2006.131</article-id>
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					<subject>Research article</subject>
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				<article-title>Identity Based Multisignatures</article-title>
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				<contrib contrib-type="Author">
					<name>
						<surname>Gangishetti</surname>
						<given-names>Raju</given-names>
					</name>
					<email xlink:href="mailto:graju@mtech.idrbt.ac.in">graju@mtech.idrbt.ac.in</email>
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				<contrib contrib-type="Author">
					<name>
						<surname>Gorantla</surname>
						<given-names>M. Choudary</given-names>
					</name>
					<email xlink:href="mailto:gmchoudary@mtech.idrbt.ac.in">gmchoudary@mtech.idrbt.ac.in</email>
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				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="Author">
					<name>
						<surname>Das</surname>
						<given-names>Manik Lal</given-names>
					</name>
					<email xlink:href="mailto:mldas@idrbt.ac.in">mldas@idrbt.ac.in</email>
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				</contrib>
				<contrib contrib-type="Author">
					<name>
						<surname>Saxena</surname>
						<given-names>Ashutosh</given-names>
					</name>
					<email xlink:href="mailto:asaxena@idrbt.ac.in">asaxena@idrbt.ac.in</email>
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				<aff id="j_INFORMATICA_aff_000">Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Castle Hills, Road No.1, Masab Tank, Hyderabad, India</aff>
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			<pub-date pub-type="epub">
				<day>01</day>
				<month>01</month>
				<year>2006</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>17</volume>
			<issue>2</issue>
			<fpage>177</fpage>
			<lpage>186</lpage>
			<history>
				<date date-type="received">
					<day>01</day>
					<month>05</month>
					<year>2005</year>
				</date>
			</history>
			<abstract>
				<p>This paper presents identity based serial and parallel multisignature schemes using bilinear pairings. Our serial multisignature scheme requires a forced verification at every level to avoid the overlooking of the predecessors' signatures. However, in parallel multisignature scheme the verification of individual signatures is performed by a designated clerk. We show that our schemes are secure against existential forgery under adaptive chosen message attack in the random oracle model.</p>
			</abstract>
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				<label>Keywords</label>
				<kwd>serial multisignatures</kwd>
				<kwd>parallel multisignatures</kwd>
				<kwd>bilinear pairings</kwd>
				<kwd>identity based cryptosystems</kwd>
			</kwd-group>
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