Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2001/090
Identity Based Encryption From the Weil Pairing
Dan Boneh and Matthew Franklin
Abstract: We propose a fully functional identity-based encryption scheme (IBE).
The scheme has chosen ciphertext security in the random oracle model
assuming an elliptic curve variant of the computational Diffie-Hellman
problem. Our system is based on bilinear maps between groups. The
Weil pairing on elliptic curves is an example of such a map. We give
precise definitions for secure identity based encryption schemes and
give several applications for such systems.
Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography /
Date: received 29 Oct 2001
Contact author: dabo at cs stanford edu
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Note: This is the full version of a paper that appeared in Crypto '2001.
Version: 20011030:124849 (All versions of this report)
Short URL: ia.cr/2001/090
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