Unbounded ABE via bilinear entropy expansion, revisited

Jie Chen, Junqing Gong*, Lucas Kowalczyk, Hoeteck Wee

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Abstract

We present simpler and improved constructions of unbounded attribute-based encryption (ABE) schemes with constant-size public parameters under static assumptions in bilinear groups. Concretely, we obtain: a simple and adaptively secure unbounded ABE scheme in composite-order groups, improving upon a previous construction of Lewko and Waters (Eurocrypt ’11) which only achieves selective security;an improved adaptively secure unbounded ABE scheme based on the k-linear assumption in prime-order groups with shorter ciphertexts and secret keys than those of Okamoto and Takashima (Asiacrypt ’12);the first adaptively secure unbounded ABE scheme for arithmetic branching programs under static assumptions. At the core of all of these constructions is a “bilinear entropy expansion” lemma that allows us to generate any polynomial amount of entropy starting from constant-size public parameters; the entropy can then be used to transform existing adaptively secure “bounded” ABE schemes into unbounded ones.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryptology - EUROCRYPT 2018 - 37th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, 2018 Proceedings
EditorsJesper Buus Nielsen, Vincent Rijmen
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages503-534
Number of pages32
ISBN (Print)9783319783802
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event37th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2018 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Duration: 29 Apr 20183 May 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10820 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference37th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2018
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityTel Aviv
Period29/04/183/05/18

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