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Construction of Universal Designated-Verifier Signatures and Identity-Based Signatures from Standard Signatures

Authors:
Siamak F Shahandshti
Reihaneh Safavi-Naini
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2007/462
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Abstract: We give a generic construction of universal designated-verifier signature schemes from a large class C of signature schemes. Our constructions are comparable in terms of cost and size to their counterparts, while offering the following two main attractive features: Firstly, our constructions are provably non-delegatable beside being DV-unforgeable and non-transferable. Secondly, in our constructions, the signer and the designated verifier can choose different cryptographic settings of their own independently. We also propose a generic construction of identity-based signature schemes from any signature scheme in C and prove the construction secure against adaptive chosen message and identity attacks. We discuss possible extensions of our constructions to universal multi-designated-verifier signatures, hierarchical identity-based signatures, identity-based universal designated verifier signatures, and identity-based ring signatures from any signature in C.
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@misc{eprint-2007-13742,
  title={Construction of Universal Designated-Verifier Signatures and Identity-Based Signatures from Standard Signatures},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={public-key cryptography / Public-Key Cryptography, Digital Signatures, Designated Verifier Signature, Identity-Based Signature, Signature of Knowledge, Generic Construction},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2007/462},
  note={To appear in PKC'08 siamax@gmail.com 13859 received 10 Dec 2007, last revised 11 Dec 2007},
  author={Siamak F Shahandshti and Reihaneh Safavi-Naini},
  year=2007
}