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ElGamal: Generation of “g” value?

I haven't been able to find a clear explanation on this (and I'm probably just confused in general). I have the following parameters of ElGamal signatures: $p$ = safe prime $q = (p-1)/2$ $g$ = an ...
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What's a good P to use in ElGamal key generation?

I need to generate a 1024 bit ElGamal key on Android, and key generation takes forever (~10 minutes on a Galaxy Nexus), I suspect because it take so long to generate a safe prime. Is it dangerous for ...
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Can ElGamal encryption and ElGamal signatures be used together sharing the same key-pairs?

I'm working on a encryption system where each party can store exactly a single ElGamal private key in a device. This is a hardware limit. The system must be expanded to support signatures and ...
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Problems with implementation of ElGamal using OpenSSL [closed]

I recently did an implementation of a semantically secure modification of ElGamal using OpenSSL. I'm implementing part of a book that i have, and several parts of the book do not agree with things ...