• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.732-735
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• 2008

In order for fast calculation for the modular multiplication which plays an essential role in RSA cryptography algorithm, the Montgomery algorithm has been studed and developed in varous ways. Since there is no division operation in the algorithm, it is able to perform a fast modular multiplication. However, the Montgomery algorithm requires a few extra operations in the progress of which transformation from/to ordinary modular form to/from Montgomery form should be made. Concept of high radix operation can be considered by splitting the key size into word-defined units in the RSA cryptosystems which use longer than 1024 key bits. In this paper, We adopted the concept of operand scanning methods to enhance the traditional Montgomery algorithm. The methods consider issues of optimization, memory usage, and calculation time.