Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2005/180

A Note on Secure Key Issuing in ID-based Cryptography

XU Chunxiang and ZHOU Junhui and QIN Zhiguang

Abstract: Most recently, Lee B. et al proposed a key issuing protocol for ID-based cryptography to solve the key escrow problem. However in this letter, we show that a malicious key generation center (KGC) can successfully attack the protocol to obtain users¡¯ private keys. This means that in the protocol, the key escrow problem isn¡¯t really removed.

Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography / ID-based cryptography, Key escrow problem, Secure key issuing, Key generation center, Key privacy authority

Date: received 14 Jun 2005

Contact author: chxxu at uestc edu cn

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