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Suggested Reference

Blackburn, S. R., & Galbraith, S. D. (1999). Cryptanalysis of two cryptosystems

based on group actions. In Y. Lam, E. Okamoto, & C. Xing (Eds.), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science: Advances in Cryptology ASIACRYPT '99 Vol. 1716 (pp. 52-61).
Singapore: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-48000-6_6

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