[Resource Topic] 2023/925: Homomorphic Indistinguishability Obfuscation and its Applications

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Title:
Homomorphic Indistinguishability Obfuscation and its Applications

Authors: Kaartik Bhushan, Venkata Koppula, Manoj Prabhakaran

Abstract:

In this work, we propose the notion of homomorphic indistinguishability obfuscation (\mathsf{HiO}) and present a construction based on subexponentially-secure \mathsf{iO} and one-way functions. An \mathsf{HiO} scheme allows us to convert an obfuscation of circuit C to an obfuscation of C'\circ C, and this can be performed obliviously (that is, without knowing the circuit C). A naive solution would be to obfuscate C' \circ \mathsf{iO}(C). However, if we do this for k hops, then the size of the final obfuscation is exponential in k. \mathsf{HiO} ensures that the size of the final obfuscation remains polynomial after repeated compositions. As an application, we show how to build function-hiding hierarchical multi-input functional encryption and homomorphic witness encryption using \mathsf{HiO}.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/925

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