Cryptographic schemes based on the discrete logarithm problem

In the paper we try to give a view of the discrete logarithm problem, especially of related problems that appear in literature since 2001. These problems are based on a computation of Weil and Tate pairing on eliptic curves. We give a view of these problems including some reductions. We mention some chosen schemes based on these problems that are iteresting because of their practical parametrs, primaci of security proofs or because these schemes introduced the new problem. We try to cover precisely the most important definitions in this sector of cryptography because these definition are omitted in the literature and it is often left up to reader to presume details by himself