Hierarchical certificateless signatures

Lei Zhang, Qianhong Wu, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Bo Qin

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Abstract

Certificateless cryptography eliminates the key escrow problem in identity-based cryptography. Hierarchical cryptography exploits a practical security model to mirror the organizational hierarchy in the real world. In this paper, to incorporate the advantages of both types of cryptosystems, we instantiate hierarchical certificateless cryptography by formalizing the notion of hierarchical certificateless signatures. Furthermore, we propose an HCLS scheme which, under the hardness of the computational Diffie-Hellman (CDH) problem, is proven to be existentially unforgeable against adaptive chosen-message attacks in the random oracle model. As to efficiency, our scheme has constant complexity, regardless of the depth of the hierarchy. Hence, the proposal is secure and scalable for practical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2010
Pages572-577
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE/IFIP 8th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2010 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 11 Dec 201013 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2010

Conference

ConferenceIEEE/IFIP 8th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period11/12/1013/12/10

Keywords

  • CDH assumption
  • Hierarchical certificate-less signature
  • Hierarchical cryptography

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