Optimally Sound Sigma Protocols Under DCRA

Helger Lipmaa

Paper 2017/703

Optimally Sound Sigma Protocols Under DCRA

Helger Lipmaa

Abstract

Given a well-chosen additively homomorphic cryptosystem and a $Σ$ protocol with a linear answer, Damgård, Fazio, and Nicolosi proposed a non-interactive designated-verifier zero knowledge argument in the registered public key model that is sound under non-standard complexity-leveraging assumptions. In 2015, Chaidos and Groth showed how to achieve the weaker yet reasonable culpable soundness notion under standard assumptions but only if the plaintext space order is prime. It makes use of $Σ$ protocols that satisfy what we call the \emph{optimal culpable soundness}. Unfortunately, most of the known additively homomorphic cryptosystems (like the Paillier Elgamal cryptosystem that is secure under the standard Decisional Composite Residuosity Assumption) have composite-order plaintext space. We construct optimally culpable sound protocols and thus culpably sound non-interactive designated-verifier zero knowledge protocols for NP under standard assumptions given that the least prime divisor of the plaintext space order is large.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Public-key cryptography
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: Culpable soundness designated verifier homomorphic encryption non-interactive zero knowledge optimal soundness registered public key model
Contact author(s): helger lipmaa @ gmail com
History: 2017-07-21: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2017/703
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2017/703,
      author = {Helger Lipmaa},
      title = {Optimally Sound Sigma Protocols Under {DCRA}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2017/703},
      year = {2017},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/703}
}