The subliminal channel is used to send a secret message to an authorized receiver; the message cannot he discovered by any unauthorized receivers. Designated verifier signature (DVS) provide authentication of a mess...The subliminal channel is used to send a secret message to an authorized receiver; the message cannot he discovered by any unauthorized receivers. Designated verifier signature (DVS) provide authentication of a message, we design a DVS scheme with message recovery mechanism and use it as a subliminal channel. In order to share a message among n users securely and allows t or more users can reconstruct the secret in dynamic groups, we combine both subliminal channel and (t, n) threshold cryptography. Then we proposed a threshold subliminal channel which can convey a subliminal message to a group of users based on message-recovery designated verifier signatures. Reconstructing the subliminal message relies on the cooperation of t or more users in the group and they can verify the validity of the subliminal message. Security and performance analysis show that the proposed scheme is secure and efficient.展开更多
A non-delegatable strong designated verifier signature (NSDVS) enforces verification of a signature by a designated verifier only. The concept is useful in various commercial cryptographic applications such as copyr...A non-delegatable strong designated verifier signature (NSDVS) enforces verification of a signature by a designated verifier only. The concept is useful in various commercial cryptographic applications such as copyright protection, e-voting, and e-libraries. This paper reports the shortest NSDVS so far that consists of only two elements. The scheme is inspired by an identification scheme and Cramer et al.'s OR-proof technique where a prover can prove that he knows at least one out two secrets. It is solidified by a symmetric key based group to group encryption algorithm. Two implementations of the algorithm are reported. The scheme is provably secure with respect to its properties of unforgeability, non-transferability, privacy of signer's identity, and non-delegatability.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China (60403027)
文摘The subliminal channel is used to send a secret message to an authorized receiver; the message cannot he discovered by any unauthorized receivers. Designated verifier signature (DVS) provide authentication of a message, we design a DVS scheme with message recovery mechanism and use it as a subliminal channel. In order to share a message among n users securely and allows t or more users can reconstruct the secret in dynamic groups, we combine both subliminal channel and (t, n) threshold cryptography. Then we proposed a threshold subliminal channel which can convey a subliminal message to a group of users based on message-recovery designated verifier signatures. Reconstructing the subliminal message relies on the cooperation of t or more users in the group and they can verify the validity of the subliminal message. Security and performance analysis show that the proposed scheme is secure and efficient.
基金Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61003244, 61100224), Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20120171110027).Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (1 11gpy71).
文摘A non-delegatable strong designated verifier signature (NSDVS) enforces verification of a signature by a designated verifier only. The concept is useful in various commercial cryptographic applications such as copyright protection, e-voting, and e-libraries. This paper reports the shortest NSDVS so far that consists of only two elements. The scheme is inspired by an identification scheme and Cramer et al.'s OR-proof technique where a prover can prove that he knows at least one out two secrets. It is solidified by a symmetric key based group to group encryption algorithm. Two implementations of the algorithm are reported. The scheme is provably secure with respect to its properties of unforgeability, non-transferability, privacy of signer's identity, and non-delegatability.
基金国家自然科学基金(the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.90604036)国家杰出青年基金(the National Science Fund of China for Distinguished Young Scholar under Grant No.60525201)国家重点基础研究发展规划(973)(the National Grand Fundamental Research 973 Program of China under Grant No.2007CB807902)