US Patent 11205014 Method and server for authenticating and verifying file

Provided is a method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprising the steps of: (a) a server generating, by means of a hash function, a message digest (MD) of a particular file when a request for authenticating same is obtained; (b) when an MD encoded with a private key of a particular user is obtained, and if (A) information for the MD, which was encoded with the private key of the particular user, decoded with a public key of the particular user matches (B) the MD generated in step (a), then the server registering, in a database, a hash value of the MD encoded with the private key of the particular user and a private key of the server; and (c) the server obtaining a transaction ID.