On the security of a group signcryption scheme from distributed signcryption scheme

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Abstract

Signcryption denotes a cryptographic method, which can process encryption and digital signature simultaneously. So, adopting such schemes, computational cost of encryption and signature compared to traditional signature-then- encryption can be reduced to a great extent. Based on the existing distributed signcryption schemes, Kwak and Moon proposed a new distributed signcryption scheme with sender ID confidentiality and extended it to a group signcryption. Their scheme is more efficient in both communication and computation aspects. Unfortunately we will demonstrate that their scheme is insecure by identifying some security flaws. Exploring these flaws, an attacker without any secret can mount universal forging attacks. That is, anyone (not necessary the group member) can forge valid group signatures on arbitrary messages of his/her choice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCryptology and Network Security - 4th International Conference, CANS 2005, Proceedings
Pages26-34
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event4th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, CANS 2005 - Xiamen, China
Duration: 14 Dec 200516 Dec 2005

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3810 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security, CANS 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXiamen
Period14/12/0516/12/05

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