Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2007/033

From Selective-ID to Full Security: The Case of the Inversion-Based Boneh-Boyen IBE Scheme

Eike Kiltz

Abstract: In this note we remark that the inversion-based selective-ID secure identity-based encryption (IBE) scheme from Boneh and Boyen can be bootstrapped to full-ID security using a technique by Waters.

Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography / Identity-based Encryption, full-ID security

Publication Info: In this form not intended for publication.

Date: received 1 Feb 2007, last revised 15 Jul 2011

Contact author: kiltz at cwi nl

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Note: Not intended for publication. Part of this preprint is now contained in Cryptology ePrint Report 2011/296.

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