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Cryptanalysis of Li et al.'s identity-based threshold signcryption scheme
S. Sharmila Deva Selvi, Selvi S.S.D, Vivek S.S, Rangan C.P, Jain N., C Pandu Rangan
Published in
2008
Volume: 2
   
Pages: 127 - 132
Abstract
Signcryption is a cryptographic primitive that aims at providing confidentiality and authentication simultaneously. Recently in May 2008, a scheme for identity based threshold signcryption was proposed by Fagen Li and Yong Yu. They have proved the confidentiality of their scheme and have also claimed the unforgeability without providing satisfactory proof. In this paper, we show that in their sign-cryption scheme the secret key of the sender is exposed(total break) to the clerk during signcryption and hence insecure in the presence of malicious clerks. Further, we propose a corrected version of the scheme and formally prove its security under the existing security model for signcryption. © 2008 IEEE.
About the journal
JournalProceedings of The 5th International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, EUC 2008
Open AccessYes
Concepts (9)
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    CRYPTOGRAPHIC PRIMITIVES
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    IDENTITY-BASED
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    SECRET KEYS
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    SECURITY MODELS
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    Signcryption
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    THRESHOLD SIGNCRYPTION
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    UNFORGEABILITY
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    Cryptography
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    Ubiquitous computing