Multi-proxy quantum group signature scheme with threshold shared verification

A multi-proxy quantum group signature scheme with threshold shared verification is proposed. An original signer may authorize a proxy group as his proxy agent. Then only the cooperation of all the signers in the proxy group can generate the proxy signature on behalf of the original signer. In the scheme, any t or more of n receivers can verify the message and any t - 1 or fewer receivers cannot verify the validity of the proxy signature.

A NEW THRESHOLD MULTI-PROXY MULTI-SIGNATURE SCHEME

This paper proposes a threshold mult-proxy multi-signature scheme with share verification. In the scheme, a subset of original signers allows a designated group of proxy signers to sign on behalf of the original group. A message m has to be signed by a subset of proxy signers who can represent the proxy group. Then, the proxy signature is sent to the verifier group. A subset of verifiers in the verifier group can also represent the group to authenticate the proxy signature. In other words, some threshold values will be given to indicate the number of persons to represent a group to authorize the signing capability or to sign a message or to verify the proxy signature.

SECURITY ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF A NEW THRESHOLD MULTI-PROXY MULTI-SIGNATURE SCHEME

Kang, et al. [Journal of Electronics(China), 23(2006)4] proposed a threshold multi-proxy multi-signature scheme, and claimed the scheme satisfies the security requirements of threshold multi-proxy multi-signature. However, in this paper, two forgery attacks are proposed to show that their schemes have serious security flaws. To overcome theses flaws, an improvement on Kang, et al.’s scheme is proposed.

IMPROVEMENT OF NONREPUDIABLE THRESHOLD MULTI-PROXY THRESHOLD MULTI-SIGNATURE SCHEME WITH SHARED VERIFICATION

In 2005, Bao, et al. [Appl. Math. and Comput., vol.169, No.2, 2005] showed that Tzeng, et al.’s nonrepudiable threshold multi-proxy multi-signature scheme with shared verification was insecure, and proposed an improved scheme with no Share Distribution Center (SDC). This paper shows that Bao, et al.’s scheme suffers from the proxy relationship inversion attack and forgery attack, and pro- poses an improvement of Bao, et al.’s scheme.

The Low Lake-Level Record according to the Selin Co Stratigraphical Basis and Multi-Proxies during the Last Glacial Maximum in the Central Tibetan Plateau

Objective The lake levels in the eastern and southern Asia are regarded as low lake-level owing to precipitation decreasing based on the records of lake-level fluctuation in the continental interior lakes since the last glacial maximum（LGM）（14C 18±1 kaBP,since 20 kaBP）in the Central Asia.Higher lake-level appeared in the transition belt between western Kunlun Mountain and the central Tibetan Plateau.

A NEW MULTI-PROXY SIGNATURE FROM BILINEAR PAIRING

Proxy signatures are very useful tools when one needs to delegate his/her signing capability to other parties. In this paper,a new multi-proxy signature scheme is proposed. The new scheme is constructed from bilinear pairings using Boneh,Lynn,and Shacham’s (BLS) short signatures. The proxy key for the proxy group is just a short signature on the proxy warrant generated by the original signer. Due to the use of short signatures,our scheme is not only efficient,but also satisfies all the security requirements of the strong proxy signature.

A Nominative Multi-Proxy Signature Scheme Based on ECC

A nominative multi-proxy signature in which the original signer authorizes a group of proxy signers is presented. Meanwhile, our proposed scheme is based on elliptic curve cryptosystem which is more efficient than the corresponding one based on traditional discrete logarithm.

Unprecedented Warming Revealed from Multi-proxy Reconstruction of Temperature in Southern China for the Past 160 Years

Using the southern limit of snowfall recorded in Chinese documents, chronologies of tree-ring width, and tree-ring stable oxygen isotope（δ^（18）O）, the annual temperature anomaly in southern China during 1850–2009 is reconstructed using the method of signal decomposition and synthesis. The results show that the linear trend was 0.47℃（100 yr）^（-1）over 1871–2009,and the two most rapid warming intervals occurred in 1877–1938 and 1968–2007, at rates of 0.125℃（10 yr）^（-1）and 0.258℃（10 yr）^（-1）, respectively. The decadal variation shows that the temperature in the moderate warm interval of the 1910s–1930s was notably lower than that of the 1980s–2000s, which suggests that the warming since the 1980s was unprecedented for the past 160 years, though a warming hiatus existed in the 2000s. Additionally, there was a rapid cooling starting from the 1860s,followed by a cold interval until the early 1890s, with the coldest years in 1892 and 1893. A slight temperature decline was also found from the 1940s to the late 1960s. This study provides an independent case to validate the global warming for the past 160 years and its hiatus recently, because the proxy data are not affected by urbanization.

Assessment on Temperature Changes of China During the Past 2000 Years

The Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC(IPCC AR4)concluded that average Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the second half of the 20th century were very likely higher than that of any other 50-year period in the last 500 years and likely the highest in at least the past 1300 years.However,after evaluating Global or Northern Hemisphere temperature change series derived from ice cores,tree rings,

A SECURE PROXY SIGNATURE SCHEME BASED ON ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOSYSTEM

Proxy signature is a special digital signature which enables a proxy signer to sign messages on behalf of the original signer. This paper proposes a strongly secure proxy signature scheme and a secure multi-proxy signature scheme based on elliptic curve cryptosystem. Contrast with universal proxy signature schemes, they are secure against key substitute attack even if there is not a certificate authority in the system, and also secure against the original signer＇s forgery attack. Furtherlnore, based on the elliptic curve cryptosystem, they are more efficient and have smaller key size than other system. They can be used in electronics transaction and mobile agent environment.

A high-resolution climatic change since the Late Glacial Age inferred from multi-proxy of sediments in Qinghai Lake

Based on multi-proxy analysis of pollen, carbonate, TOC, TN and δ13C of organic matters, a high-resolution climatic evolution of Qinghai Lake since the Late Glacial Age is recon-structed. The results indicate that the boundary between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Glacial Age is at about 18.2 cal.ka BP. The warm and wet period, which began at about 15.4 cal.ka BP, culminated at 7.4 cal.ka BP and came to its end at about 4.5 cal.ka BP. After that, the climate gradually became cold and dry. The multi-proxy analysis indicates that the climate fluc-tuated greatly during the transitional period from the Late glacial Age to the Holocene, and this is in good accordance with that reflected by deep sea cores of North Atlantic, ice cores of Greenland, lake sediments in Europe, loess sequences and Guliya ice core in China. The cli-matic evolutional characteristic of the Qinghai Lake since the Late Glacial Age shows that the driving force of the East-Asia Monsoon correlates with solar radiation on the ten-thousand-year scale.

Improved certificateless multi-proxy signature

Multi-proxy signature is a scheme that an original signer delegates his or her signing capability to a proxy group. In the scheme, only the cooperation of all proxy signers in the proxy group can create a signature on behalf of the original signer. Jin and Wen firstly defined the formal security model of certificateless multi-proxy signature （CLMPS） and proposed a concrete CLMPS scheme. However, their construction model is inaccurate, the concrete signature scheme has has three problems： the definition of the strengthened security a security flaw, and the proof of the security is imperfect. With further consideration, a remedial strengthened security model is redefined, and an improved scheme is also proposed, which is existentially unforgeable against adaptively chosen-warrant, chosen-message and chosen-identity attacks in the random oracles. In this condition, the computational Diffie-Hellman （CDH） assumption is used to prove full security for our CLMPS scheme.

Self-certified multi-proxy signature schemes with message recovery

Multi-proxy signature schemes allow the original signer to delegate his/her signing power to n proxy signers such that all proxy signers must corporately generate a valid proxy signature on behalf of the original signer. We first propose a multi-proxy signature scheme based on discrete logarithms and then adapt it to the elliptic curve cryptosystem. With the integration of self-certified public-key systems and the message recovery signature schemes,our proposed schemes have the following advan-tages:(1) They do not require the signing message to be transmitted,since the verifier can recover it from the signature;(2) The authentication of the public keys,verification of the signature,and recovery of the message can be simultaneously carried out in a single logical step;(3) No certificate is needed for validating the public keys. Further,the elliptic curve variant with short key lengths especially suits the cryptographic applications with limited computing power and storage space,e.g.,smart cards. As compared with the previous work that was implemented with the certificate-based public-key systems,the proposed schemes give better performance in terms of communication bandwidth and computation efforts.

A Quantum Multi-Proxy Blind Signature Scheme Based on Entangled Four-Qubit Cluster State

In this paper, a multi-proxy blind signature scheme based on controlled quantum teleportation is proposed.Entangled four-qubit Cluster state functions as quantum channel, which needs less resource to complete the quantum multi-proxy blind signature. The scheme uses the physical characteristics of quantum mechanics to guarantee its blindness, unforgeability, and undeniability. The eavesdropping check is used to ensure the security. Our scheme has a foreseeable application to the E-business, E-governments, and etc.

A Practical E-Payment Protocol Based on Quantum Multi-Proxy Blind Signature

A practical E-payment protocol is presented in this paper. It is based on quantum multi-proxy blind signature. Adopting the techniques of quantum key distribution, one-time pad and quantum multi-proxy blind signature, our E-payment system could protect user's anonymity as the traditional E-payment systems do, and also have unconditional security, which the classical E-payment systems can not provide. Furthermore, compared with the existing quantum E-payment systems, this practical system could not only support mobile E-payment transactions but also inter-bank transactions.

Deciphering the upper ordovician Wufeng siliceous shale depositional environments(Wuxi,NE Chongqing)based on multi-proxy record

Based on stratigraphic variations of petrology,geochemistry(major,trace elements),and pyrite framboids,we study the sedimentary environment of siliceous rocks of the Wufeng Formation in Wuxi,Northeastern Chongqing,China.Coupled Al2O3/(Al2O3þFe2O3),SiO2/Al2O3,with AleFeeMn values indicate that Wufeng Formation are deposited in a continental margin and influenced by detrital input.UEF-MoEF and V/CreU/Th cross-plots suggest that the siliceous shale was formed in dysoxic to anoxic conditions.Redox proxies imply that the lower,the middle to upper,and the top part of the Wufeng sediments were deposited in an anoxic,dysoxic and oxic environment,respectively.Accordingly,the average size of pyrite framboids are gradually increased from bottom to top,showing that increased oxidisability.A complete vibratory third-order cycle of sea level fluctuations during the Wufeng deposition can be identified.During Wufeng to Longmaxi transition,the sedimentary environment exhibits a short-scale oscillatory pattern and was probably transformed from an outer shelf to inner shelf.Coupled multi-proxies are considered more reliable proxies for deciphering redox conditions in fine-grained sediment.