In 1985, Elgamal published a paper titled “A Public key Cryptosystem and A Signature Scheme based on discrete Logarithms” in which he proposed the design of the ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and of the ElGamal signature scheme.
År 1985 gav Elgamal ut en vetenskaplig artikel med namnet A Public key Cryptosystem and A Signature Scheme based on discrete Logarithms, där han föreslog designen på ElGamal-krypteringen och ElGamalsignatursystemet.