[Resource Topic] 2015/412: The Birth of Cryptographic Obfuscation -- A Survey

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Title:
The Birth of Cryptographic Obfuscation – A Survey

Authors: Máté Horváth, Levente Buttyán

Abstract:

The first candidate indistinguishability obfuscator (iO) of Garg et al. (FOCS 2013) changed the previously pessimistic attitude towards general-purpose cryptographic obfuscation. The potential realizability of such a powerful tool motivated a plethora of applications, including solutions for long-standing open problems, from almost all areas of cryptography. At the same time, the question of whether iO is realizable under standard assumptions is still open. In this work, we review the rapid development of candidate constructions and organize the results of the first four years since the breakthrough. Our goal is to give a bird’s-eye view of the infancy of cryptographic obfuscation, providing insight into the most important ideas and techniques.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/412

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