[Resource Topic] 2007/019: Fast Digital Signature Schemes as Secure as Diffie-Hellman Assumptions

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Title:
Fast Digital Signature Schemes as Secure as Diffie-Hellman Assumptions

Authors: Changshe Ma, Jian Weng, Dong Zheng

Abstract:

This paper presents two fast digital signature schemes based on Diffie-Hellman assumptions. In the random oracle model, the first scheme S1 has a tight security reduction to the computational Diffie-Hellman (CDH) problem; and the second scheme S2 has a tight security reduction to the decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) problem. Comparing with existing signature schemes (whose security is tightly related to CDH problem) like EDL signature schemes, the signature generation of S1 is about 27% faster, and the verification is about 35% faster, if without considering the hash function evaluations. Comparing with existing signature schemes (whose security is tightly related to DDH problem) like KW-DDH signature scheme, the signing of S2 is about 40% faster and the verification is about 35% faster. The high efficiency of the proposed schemes is attributed to a new protocol EDL_mwz which implements the proof of equality of discrete logarithm. The EDL_mwz protocol outperforms its counterpart, the Chaum and Pedersen protocol, as its computation is about 38% faster and its bandwidth is |G| bits shorter. This new protocol may be of independent interests.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2007/019

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