Paper 2023/715
SOK: Research Motivations of Public-Key Cryptography
Abstract
The design, proposal, and analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols (schemes) are one of the primary research fields in cryptology. To advance this research field, it is crucial to fully understand their research motivations. In this paper, we systematically introduce the research motivations for designing and proposing new schemes in public-key cryptography. We found that all research motivations aim to produce benefits for humanity including efficiency, security, and functionality, although some of them may be not obvious or only hold conditionally. We categorize benefits in research motivations into 3 ways, 6 types, and 17 areas. As examples, we introduce 40 research strategies within these areas for exploring benefits, each presented as ``From less-adj (in the first scheme) To more-adj (in the second scheme)", where ``adj" here refers to an adjective word representing a positive outcome. This SOK paper aims to provide valuable insights into the driving forces behind advancements in public-key cryptography, facilitating future research efforts in this field.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- Keywords
- SOKResearch PhilosophyResearch MotivationResearch 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
- 2024-04-28: last of 2 revisions
- 2023-05-18: received
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- 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 = {{SOK}: Research Motivations of Public-Key Cryptography},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2023/715},
year = {2023},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/715}
}
