[Resource Topic] 2009/524: Chosen-Ciphertext Security from Slightly Lossy Trapdoor Functions

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Title:
Chosen-Ciphertext Security from Slightly Lossy Trapdoor Functions

Authors: Petros Mol, Scott Yilek

Abstract:

Lossy Trapdoor Functions (LTDFs), introduced by Peikert and Waters (STOC 2008) have been useful for building many cryptographic primitives. In particular, by using an LTDF that loses a (1-1/omega(log n)) fraction of all its input bits, it is possible to achieve CCA security using the LTDF as a black-box. Unfortunately, not all candidate LTDFs achieve such a high level of lossiness. In this paper we drastically improve upon previous results and show that an LTDF that loses only a non-negligible fraction of a single bit can be used in a black-box way to build numerous cryptographic primitives, including one-way injective trapdoor functions, CPA secure public-key encryption (PKE), and CCA-secure PKE. We then describe a novel technique for constructing such slightly-lossy LTDFs and give a construction based on modular squaring.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/524

Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BgiAdBUBWM

Slides: http://www.iacr.org/workshops/pkc2010/19_chosen-ciphertext_security_from_slightly_lossy_trapdoor_functions/

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