Paper 2008/478
Attribute-Based Encryption with Key Cloning Protection
M. J. Hinek, S. Jiang, R. Safavi-Naini, and S. F. Shahandashti
Abstract
In this work, we consider the problem of key cloning in attribute-based encryption schemes. We introduce a new type of attribute-based encryption scheme, called token-based attribute-based encryption, that provides strong deterrence for key cloning, in the sense that delegation of keys reveals some personal information about the user. We formalize the security requirements for such a scheme in terms of indistinguishability of the ciphertexts and two new security requirements which we call uncloneability and privacy-preserving. We construct a privacy-preserving uncloneable token-based attribute-based encryption scheme based on Cheung and Newport's ciphertext-policy attribute-based encryption scheme and prove the scheme satisfies the above three security requirements. We discuss our results and show directions for future research.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
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- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
- Keywords
- Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE)Access ControlKey DelegationUser Revocation
- Contact author(s)
- mjhinek @ alumni uwaterloo ca
- History
- 2008-11-18: received
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2008/478
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2008/478,
author = {M. J. Hinek and S. Jiang and R. Safavi-Naini and S. F. Shahandashti},
title = {Attribute-Based Encryption with Key Cloning Protection},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2008/478},
year = {2008},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/478}
}
