Paper 2014/719

Bivariate Polynomials Modulo Composites and their Applications

Dan Boneh and Henry Corrigan-Gibbs

Abstract

We investigate the hardness of finding solutions to bivariate polynomial congruences modulo RSA composites. We establish necessary conditions for a bivariate polynomial to be one-way, second preimage resistant, and collision resistant based on arithmetic properties of the polynomial. From these conditions we deduce a new computational assumption that implies an efficient algebraic collision-resistant hash function. We explore the assumption and relate it to known computational problems. The assumption leads to (i) a new statistically hiding commitment scheme that composes well with Pedersen commitments, (ii) a conceptually simple cryptographic accumulator, and (iii) an efficient chameleon hash function.

Note: Edited text of Propositions 5 and 6 to indicate that they necessarily hold only when the curve is given in Weierstrass form.

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Category
Public-key cryptography
Publication info
Published by the IACR in ASIACRYPT 2014
Keywords
algebraic curvesbivariate polynomialscryptographic commitmentsMerkle trees
Contact author(s)
henrycg @ stanford edu
History
2015-03-08: last of 2 revisions
2014-09-16: received
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2014/719
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/719,
      author = {Dan Boneh and Henry Corrigan-Gibbs},
      title = {Bivariate Polynomials Modulo Composites and their Applications},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/719},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/719}
}
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