[Resource Topic] 2009/482: New Techniques for Dual System Encryption and Fully Secure HIBE with Short Ciphertexts

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Title:
New Techniques for Dual System Encryption and Fully Secure HIBE with Short Ciphertexts

Authors: Allison Lewko, Brent Waters

Abstract:

We construct a fully secure HIBE scheme with short ciphertexts. The previous construction of Boneh, Boyen, and Goh was only proven to be secure in the selective model, under a non-static assumption which depended on the depth of the hierarchy. To obtain full security, we apply the dual system encryption concept recently introduced by Waters. A straightforward application of this technique is insufficient to achieve short ciphertexts, since the original instantiation of the technique includes tags that do not compress. To overcome this challenge, we design a new method for realizing dual system encryption. We provide a system in composite order groups (of three primes) and prove the security of our scheme under three static assumptions.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/482

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