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Title:
How to Generate and use Universal Samplers
Authors: Dennis Hofheinz, Tibor Jager, Dakshita Khurana, Amit Sahai, Brent Waters, Mark Zhandry
Abstract:The random oracle is an idealization that allows us to model a hash function as an oracle that will output a uniformly random string given any input. We introduce the notion of a universal sampler scheme that extends the notion of a random oracle, to a method of sampling securely from arbitrary distributions. We describe several applications that provide a natural motivation for this notion; these include generating the trusted parameters for many schemes from just a single trusted setup. We further demonstrate the versatility of universal samplers by showing how they give rise to simple constructions of identity-based encryption and multiparty key exchange. In particular, we construct adaptively secure non-interactive multiparty key exchange in the random oracle model based on indistinguishability obfuscation; obtaining the first known construction of adaptively secure NIKE without complexity leveraging. We give a solution that shows how to transform any random oracle into a universal sampler scheme, based on indistinguishability obfuscation. At the heart of our construction and proof is a new technique we call “delayed backdoor programming” that we believe will have other applications.
ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/507
Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqRHiq8-jQQ
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