Paper 2014/350

Distributed Smooth Projective Hashing and its Application to Two-Server PAKE

Franziskus Kiefer and Mark Manulis

Abstract

Smooth projective hash functions have been used as building block for various cryptographic applications, in particular for password-based authentication. In this work we propose the extended concept of distributed smooth projective hash functions where the computation of the hash value is distributed across $n$ parties and show how to instantiate the underlying approach for languages consisting of Cramer-Shoup ciphertexts. As an application of distributed smooth projective hashing we build a new framework for the design of two-server password authenticated key exchange protocols, which we believe can help to "explain" the design of earlier two-server password authenticated key exchange protocols.

Metadata
Available format(s)
PDF
Category
Cryptographic protocols
Publication info
Published elsewhere. Major revision. 12th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS '14)
Keywords
smooth projective hashingtwo-server PAKE
Contact author(s)
f kiefer @ surrey ac uk
History
2014-05-19: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2014/350
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/350,
      author = {Franziskus Kiefer and Mark Manulis},
      title = {Distributed Smooth Projective Hashing and its Application to Two-Server {PAKE}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/350},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/350}
}
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