DocumentCode :
3366176
Title :
Low-cost Anonymous Timed-Release Encryption
Author :
Hristu-Varsakelis, D. ; Chalkias, K. ; Stephanides, G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
fYear :
2007
fDate :
29-31 Aug. 2007
Firstpage :
77
Lastpage :
82
Abstract :
We propose a new server-based efficient protocol for time-release encryption (TRE), or - as sometimes referred to - sending information "into the future". As with other recently-proposed schemes, ours is based on the use of bilinear pairings on any Gap Diffie-Hellman group, allowing absolute release time of the encrypted data. Our protocol possesses the required properties regarding user anonymity and server passivity. It also provides almost-costless scalability in settings with multiple time-servers, and improves significantly upon existing TRE schemes, in terms of computational and communication cost. This makes our approach well-suited to a number of emerging e-applications that require future decryption of confidential data.
Keywords :
cryptographic protocols; bilinear pairings; low-cost anonymous timed-release encryption; server-based efficient protocol; Contracts; Costs; Cryptographic protocols; Delay; Elliptic curve cryptography; Identity-based encryption; Informatics; Information security; Scalability; Software engineering; bilinear pairings; cryptographic protocols; multiple time-servers.; timed-release encryption;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information Assurance and Security, 2007. IAS 2007. Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2876-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2876-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2007.10
Filename :
4299754
Link To Document :
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