Paper 2023/715
Research Philosophy of Modern Cryptography
Abstract
Proposing novel cryptography schemes (e.g., encryption, signatures, and protocols) is one of the main research goals in modern cryptography. In this paper, based on more than 800 research papers since 1976 that we have surveyed, we introduce the research philosophy of cryptography behind these papers. We use ``benefits" and ``novelty" as the keywords to introduce the research philosophy of proposing new schemes, assuming that there is already one scheme proposed for a cryptography notion. Next, we introduce how benefits were explored in the literature and we have categorized the methodology into 3 ways for benefits, 6 types of benefits, and 17 benefit areas. As examples, we introduce 40 research strategies within these benefit areas that were invented in the literature. The introduced research strategies have covered most cryptography schemes published in top-tier cryptography conferences.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- Keywords
- Modern CryptographyResearch PhilosophyResearch Strategy
- Contact author(s)
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fuchun @ uow edu au
wsusilo @ uow edu au
xfchen @ xidian edu cn
pengjiang @ bit edu cn
jclai @ seu edu cn
zzhen @ xidian edu cn - History
- 2023-05-22: approved
- 2023-05-18: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2023/715
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2023/715,
author = {Fuchun Guo and Willy Susilo and Xiaofeng Chen and Peng Jiang and Jianchang Lai and Zhen Zhao},
title = {Research Philosophy of Modern Cryptography},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2023/715},
year = {2023},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/715}},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/715}
}
