From 86d3668b9679f7c6632ae3d315bd833b5e1ccae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "xypron.glpk@gmx.de" Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 07:43:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: provide reference for ed25519 algorithm Add reference information for the ed25519 algorithm. Add build instructions. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt --- README | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index e69de29..497be08 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Usign provides public key signatures using the ed25519 algorithm. + +The home page for the algorithm is http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/. +It is described in the following paper: + +Daniel J. Bernstein, Niels Duif, Tanja Lange, Peter Schwabe, Bo-Yin Yang +High-speed high-security signatures +Journal of Cryptographic Engineering 2 (2012), 77–89 +2011-09-26 +http://ed25519.cr.yp.to/ed25519-20110926.pdf + +To build and install the package run + +mkdir build +cd build +cmake .. +make +sudo make install -- 2.25.1