### An Efficient Convertible Undeniable Signature Scheme with Delegatable Verification

Jacob C. N. Schuldt and Kanta Matsuura

##### Abstract

Undeniable signatures, introduced by Chaum and van Antwerpen, require a verifier to interact with the signer to verify a signature, and hence allow the signer to control the verifiability of his signatures. Convertible undeniable signatures, introduced by Boyar, Chaum, Damg\aa{}rd, and Pedersen, furthermore allow the signer to convert signatures to publicly verifiable ones by publicizing a verification token, either for individual signatures or for all signatures universally. In addition, the signer is able to delegate the ability to prove validity and convert signatures to a semi-trusted third party by providing a verification key. While the latter functionality is implemented by the early convertible undeniable signature schemes, most recent schemes do not consider this despite its practical appeal. In this paper we present an updated definition and security model for schemes allowing delegation, and highlight a new essential security property, token soundness, which is not formally treated in the previous security models for convertible undeniable signatures. We then propose a new convertible undeniable signature scheme. The scheme allows delegation of verification and is provably secure in the standard model assuming the computational co-Diffie-Hellman problem, a closely related problem, and the decisional linear problem are hard. Our scheme is, to the best of our knowledge, the currently most efficient convertible undeniable signature scheme which provably fulfills all security requirements in the standard model.

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Category
Public-key cryptography
Publication info
Published elsewhere. To appear in ISPEC'10
Keywords
undeniable signaturesuniversalselective convertibilityprovable security
Contact author(s)
schuldt @ iis u-tokyo ac jp
History
2010-02-16: revised
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2009/454

CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2009/454,
author = {Jacob C.  N.  Schuldt and Kanta Matsuura},
title = {An Efficient Convertible Undeniable Signature Scheme with Delegatable Verification},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2009/454},
year = {2009},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/454}},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/454}
}

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