On Designated Verifier Signature Schemes

Michal Rjaško; Martin Stanek

Paper 2010/191

On Designated Verifier Signature Schemes

Michal Rjaško and Martin Stanek

Abstract

Designated verifier signature schemes allow a signer to convince only the designated verifier that a signed message is authentic. We define attack models on the unforgeability property of such schemes and analyze relationships among the models. We show that the no-message model, where an adversary is given only public keys, is equivalent to the model, where an adversary has also oracle access to the verification algorithm. We also show a separation between the no-message model and the chosen-message model, where an adversary has access to the signing algorithm. Furthermore, we present a modification of the Yang-Liao designated verifier signature scheme and prove its security. The security of the modified scheme is based on the computational Diffie-Hellman problem, while the original scheme requires strong Diffie-Hellman assumption.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Public-key cryptography
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Contact author(s): rjasko @ dcs fmph uniba sk
History: 2010-06-29: last of 2 revisions; 2010-04-09: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2010/191
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2010/191,
      author = {Michal Rjaško and Martin Stanek},
      title = {On Designated Verifier Signature Schemes},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2010/191},
      year = {2010},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2010/191}
}