• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.8
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• pp.1972-1988
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• 2013

In order to deal with key exposure problem, we introduce forward secure technique into certificateless proxy signature scheme, and propose the formal definition and security model of the forward secure certificateless proxy signature. Our security model takes into account the super adversary in certificateless signature. Furthermore, we present a construction of forward secure certificateless proxy signature scheme with bilinear maps. Based on the difficulty of computational Diffie-Hellman problem, we prove the scheme is secure against chosen message attack in the random oracle model. Finally, we analyze efficiency of the proposed scheme.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.2792-2810
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• 2017

Forward-secure signature is a specific type of signature, which can mitigate the damage caused by the signing key exposure. Most of the existing forward-secure (identity-based) signature schemes can update users' secret keys at each time period, achieve the existential unforgeability, and resist against classical computer attacks. In this paper, we first revisit the framework of forward-secure identity-based signatures, and aim at supporting flexible key update at multi time period. Then we propose a post-quantum forward-secure identity-based signature scheme from lattices and use the basis delegation technique to provide flexible key update. Finally, we prove that the proposed scheme is strongly unforgeable under the short integer solution (SIS) hardness assumption in the random oracle model.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.21-25
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• 2003

Key exposure is the most devastating attacks in any crytographic scheme. In this paper, we investigate key exposure problem in blind signature. We then present a variant of Okamoto-Guillou-Quisquater (OGQ for short) blind signature scheme guaranteeing forward secrecy. Namely, even if current secret key is revealed, forging any signature valid in the past is impossible. Our proposed scheme exhibits an efficient key updating protocol and introduces no significant communication overhead.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.573-583
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• 2015

We introduce the idea of a forward-secure undetachable digital signature (FS-UDS) in this paper, which enables mobile agents to generate undetachable digital signatures with forward security of the original signer's signing key. The definition and security notion of an FS-UDS scheme are given. Then, the construction of a concrete FS-UDS scheme is proposed; and the proof of security for the proposed scheme is also provided. In the proposed scheme, mobile agents need not carry the signing key when they generate digital signatures on behalf of the original signer, so the signing key will not be compromised. At the same time, the encrypted function is combined with the original signer's requirement; therefore, misuse of the signing algorithm can be prevented. Furthermore, in the case where a hacker has accessed the signing key of the original signer, he/she is not able to forge a signature for any time period prior to when the key was obtained.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.147-157
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• 2003

We often use cryptographic systems on small devices such as mobile phones, smart cards and so on. But such devices are delicate against the tlreat of key exposure of secret keys. To reduce the damage caused by exposure of secret keys stored on such devices, the concept of forward security is introduced. In this Paper, we present a new forward secure signature scheme based on Gap Diffie-Hellman groups. Our scheme achieves security against chosen-message attacks under the computational Diffie-Hellman assumption in the random oracle model.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1502-1522
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• 2019

Leakage of secret keys may be the most devastating problem in public key cryptosystems because it means that all security guarantees are missing. The forward security mechanism allows users to update secret keys frequently without updating public keys. Meanwhile, it ensures that an attacker is unable to derive a user's secret keys for any past time, even if it compromises the user's current secret key. Therefore, it offers an effective cryptographic approach to address the private key leakage problem. As an extension of the forward security mechanism in certificate-based public key cryptography, forward-secure certificate-based signature (FS-CBS) has many appealing merits, such as no key escrow, no secure channel and implicit authentication. Until now, there is only one FS-CBS scheme that does not employ the random oracles. Unfortunately, our cryptanalysis indicates that the scheme is subject to the security vulnerability due to the existential forgery attack from the malicious CA. Our attack demonstrates that a CA can destroy its existential unforgeability by implanting trapdoors in system parameters without knowing the target user's secret key. Therefore, it is fair to say that to design a FS-CBS scheme secure against malicious CAs without lying random oracles is still an unsolved issue. To address this problem, we put forward an enhanced FS-CBS scheme without random oracles. Our FS-CBS scheme not only fixes the security weakness in the original scheme, but also significantly optimizes the scheme efficiency. In the standard model, we formally prove its security under the complexity assumption of the square computational Diffie-Hellman problem. In addition, the comparison with the original FS-CBS scheme shows that our scheme offers stronger security guarantee and enjoys better performance.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.484-493
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• 2003

Proxy signature scheme is a cryptographic protocol that an original signer delegates her signing capability to a proxy signer, and then the proxy signer is able to create signatures on behalf of the original signer. In general, there is time-limit for which the signing capability of the proxy signer is valid. One of methods to limit the valid delegation time is to make public delegation information contain the expiration date of the delegation. however, in this method we cannot prevent the proxy signer from signing after the valid delegation is expired because no one knows the exact time when the proxy signer signed a message. The validity of the past legal signatures cannot be preserved in case that the proxy singer´s key is compromised during the delegation period. In this paper, we propose a new scheme, time-limited forward-secure proxy signature protocol, which prevents the proxy singer from signing after the valid delegation is expired and which preserves the validity of the past legal signatures even if the signing key is compromised. The proposed scheme does not require the exact time-information by making an original signer control time-related parameters and satisfies the forward-security property in each update-period of the proxy signing key. The time-period is determined according to the application characteristics or security policies.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.1553-1571
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• 2018

Currently, many of schemes for smart grid data aggregation are based on a one-level gateway (GW) topology. Since the data aggregation granularity in this topology is too single, the control center (CC) is unable to obtain more fine-grained data aggregation results for better monitoring smart grid. To improve this issue, Shen et al. propose an efficient privacy-preserving cube-data aggregation scheme in which the system model consists of two-level GW. However, a risk exists in their scheme that attacker could forge the signature by using leaked signing keys. In this paper, we propose a secure and fine-grained electricity consumption aggregation scheme for smart grid, which employs the homomorphic encryption to implement privacy-preserving aggregation of users' electricity consumption in the two-level GW smart grid. In our scheme, CC can achieve a flexible electricity regulation by obtaining data aggregation results of various granularities. In addition, our scheme uses the forward-secure signature with backward-secure detection (FSBD) technique to ensure the forward-backward secrecy of the signing keys. Security analysis and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can achieve forward-backward security of user's electricity consumption signature. Compared with related schemes, our scheme is more secure and efficient.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.14C no.2
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• pp.123-128
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• 2007

Many service systems use Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to protect the service. But there arc problems with the use of PKI. One of the problems is that some services would require a function instantaneously to check public kel certificate, but PKI does not satisfy such request. To solve the problem, Bouch et al. first proposed the concept of mediated RSA (mRSA). Then Gene Tsudik proposed 'weak' forward secure mRSA. In this paper, we analyze the weakness of these schemes and find the source of the vulnerabilitv. And we propose a new mRSA that is strong forward secure.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.3280-3298
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• 2019

Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) have become increasingly significant in intelligent transportation systems, they play a great role in improving traffic safety and efficiency. In the deployment of intelligent VANETs, intelligent vehicles can efficiently exchange important or urgent traffic information and make driving decisions. Meanwhile, secure data communication and vehicle's identity privacy have been highlighted. To cope with these security issues, in this paper, we construct an efficient anonymous authentication scheme with secure communication in intelligent VANETs. Combing the ElGamal encryption technique with a modified Schnorr signature technique, the proposed scheme provides secure anonymous authentication process for encrypted message in the vehicle-to-infrastructure communication model, and achieves identity privacy, forward security, and reply attack resistance simultaneously. Moreover, except the trusted authority (TA), any outside entity cannot trace the real identity of an intelligent vehicle. The proposed scheme is designed on an identity-based system, which can remove the costs of establishing public key infrastructure (PKI) and certificates management. Compared with existing authentication schemes, the proposed scheme is much more practical in intelligent VANETs.