Paper 2021/677
Generalized Galbraith's Test: Characterization and Applications to Anonymous IBE Schemes
Abstract
The main approaches currently used to construct identity based encryption (IBE) schemes are based on bilinear mappings, quadratic residues and lattices. Among them, the most attractive approach is the one based on quadratic residues, due to the fact that the underlying security assumption is a well understood hard problem. The first such IBE scheme was constructed by Cocks and some of its deficiencies were addressed in subsequent works. In this paper, we will focus on two constructions that address the anonymity problem inherent in Cocks' scheme and we will tackle some of their incomplete theoretical claims. More precisely, we rigorously study Clear et. al and Zhao et. al's schemes and give accurate probabilities of successful decryption and identity detection in the non-anonymized version of the schemes. Also, in the case of Zhao \emph{et. al}'s scheme, we give a proper description of the underlying security assumptions.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Minor revision. MDPI Mathematics
- Keywords
- Galbraith's testanonymityidentity-based encryptionprobability distributionstatistical distance
- Contact author(s)
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paulcotan @ gmail com
george teseleanu @ yahoo com - History
- 2023-09-12: last of 2 revisions
- 2021-05-25: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2021/677
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2021/677,
author = {Paul Cotan and George Teseleanu},
title = {Generalized Galbraith's Test: Characterization and Applications to Anonymous IBE Schemes},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2021/677},
year = {2021},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/677}},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/677}
}
