Tag key encapsulation mechanism （Tag-KEM）/data encapsulation mechanism （DEM） is a hybrid framework proposed in 2005. Tag-t（EM is one of its parts by using public-key encryption （PKE） technique to encapsulate a ...Tag key encapsulation mechanism （Tag-KEM）/data encapsulation mechanism （DEM） is a hybrid framework proposed in 2005. Tag-t（EM is one of its parts by using public-key encryption （PKE） technique to encapsulate a symmetric key. In hybrid encryptions, the long-raessage PKE is not desired due to its slow operation. A general method is presented for constructing Tag-KEM schemes with short-message PKEs. The chosen ciphertext security is proved in the random oracle model. In the method, the treatment of the tag part brings no additional ciphertext redundancy. Among all the methods for constructing Tag-KEM, the method is the first one without any validity checking on the tag part, thus showing that the Tag-KEM/DEM framework is superior to KEM＋DEM one.展开更多
Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which emerges in the information security domain in recent years. Each of the sharing sub-keys may be a stochastic noise image or a significative image with no informat...Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which emerges in the information security domain in recent years. Each of the sharing sub-keys may be a stochastic noise image or a significative image with no information on the original key. But a mass of sub-keys have to be saved actually, which faces the problem of inconvenient discrimination and management. This paper presents a visual cryptography scheme based on the digital signature for image discrimination and management, applying the digital signature and the time-stamp technology to the visual cryptography scheme. The scheme both solves the problem on the storage and management of the sharing sub-keys, increases the verification of image contents, thus enhances the validity of storage and management without security effect.展开更多
A human's e-life needs multiple offline and online accounts. It is a balance between usability and security to set keys or passwords for these multiple accounts. Password reuse has to be avoided due to the domino ...A human's e-life needs multiple offline and online accounts. It is a balance between usability and security to set keys or passwords for these multiple accounts. Password reuse has to be avoided due to the domino effect of malicious administrators and crackers. However,human memorability constrains the number of keys. Single sign-on server,key hashing,key strengthening and petname system are used in the prior arts to use only one key for multiple online accounts. The unique site keys are derived from the common master secret and specific domain name. These methods cannot be applied to offline accounts such as file encryption. We invent a new method and system applicable to offline and online accounts. It does not depend on HTTP server and domain name,but numeric 4-digit passcode,key hashing,key strengthening and hash truncation. Domain name is only needed to resist spoofing and phishing attacks of online accounts.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a secure open database system for organizations that are increasingly opened up their information for easy access by different users. The work proposed some functio...The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a secure open database system for organizations that are increasingly opened up their information for easy access by different users. The work proposed some functionalities such as open password entry with active boxes, combined encryption methods and agent that can be incorporated into an open database system. It designed and implemented an algorithm that would not allow users to have free access into open database system. A user entering his password only needs to carefully study the sequence of codes and active boxes that describe his password and then enter these codes in place of his active boxes. The approach does not require the input code to be hidden from anyone or converted to place holder characters for security reasons. Integrating this scheme into an open database system is viable in practice in term of easy use and will improve security level of information.展开更多
We propose a protocol for information sharing between two legitimate parties （Bob and Alice） via public-key cryptography. In particular, we specialize the protocol by employing discrete algorithm under mod that maps...We propose a protocol for information sharing between two legitimate parties （Bob and Alice） via public-key cryptography. In particular, we specialize the protocol by employing discrete algorithm under mod that maps integers to quantum states via photon rotations. Based on this algorithm, we find that the protocol is secure under various classes of attacks. Specially, owe to the algorithm, the security of the classical privacy contained in the quantum public-key and the corresponding ciphertext is guaranteed. And the protocol is robust against the impersonation attack and the active wiretapping attack by designing particular checking processing, thus the protocol is valid.展开更多
Plasmonic encoding composed of metallic nanostructures makes a great contribution to the practical application of information encryption.However,most reports have so far shown the preparation of single or binary plasm...Plasmonic encoding composed of metallic nanostructures makes a great contribution to the practical application of information encryption.However,most reports have so far shown the preparation of single or binary plasmonic encoding patterns because of the technical difficulty of assembling multiplex nanostructures on a single platform,which cannot satisfy the requirements of high encoding capacity for increasing information security.Herein,we developed a strategy based on plasma etching combined with in-situ growth to fabricate patterned arrays of quasi-three-dimensional(3-D)plasmonic Au nano-mushrooms with controlled morphologies,and successfully realized ideal high-capacity plasmonic encoding by arranging Au nano-mushrooms on one platform.On this basis,such multiplex encoding patterns have been transferred to the flexible substrate to realize the triple-mode encryption of the Morse code of"FUNSOM",indicating great prospects in the applications of information encryption and data storage.展开更多
Recently, Tseng et al. proposed authenticated encryption scheme with message recovery using self-certified public keys. Hwang et al. proposed an attack to show that the Tseng et al.＇s scheme was not secure. And Hwang...Recently, Tseng et al. proposed authenticated encryption scheme with message recovery using self-certified public keys. Hwang et al. proposed an attack to show that the Tseng et al.＇s scheme was not secure. And Hwang et al. proposed an improved scheme and claimed to that the new scheme satisfy the security requirement. However, we will show that the improved signature proposed by Hwang et al. is still insecure.展开更多
Encryption materials represent a major direction of information security,but it is challenging to realize the ideal security combining the complete hiding of complex coding,stability in transmission,camouflage,and rel...Encryption materials represent a major direction of information security,but it is challenging to realize the ideal security combining the complete hiding of complex coding,stability in transmission,camouflage,and reliable decoding.Herein,we report an innovative strategy for rationally constructing encryption composite materials with high security and portability.Compared with common colloidal photonic watermarks,our encrypted optical devices are composed of thermoplastic polyurethanes(TPU)protective layers,polystyrene(PS)switching layers and a Cd S coding layer.The optical shielding properties and phase state transition of PS layers enable high-level encoding and decoding security through thermal activation of light transmittance control.Meanwhile,the Cd S layer can be clearly revealed in decoding mode because of the high refractive index.Besides,the confinement protection of integrated TPU films prevents the trilayer quasi-amorphous heterostructure from damage.To establish the practical advantage,portable information carriers can be prepared for camouflage.Accordingly,the reliable encoding and decoding system,and ability to integrate with easy-to-carry products,make our composites a potentially high-security encryption device for anti-fraud technology.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(60603010,60970120)~~
文摘Tag key encapsulation mechanism （Tag-KEM）/data encapsulation mechanism （DEM） is a hybrid framework proposed in 2005. Tag-t（EM is one of its parts by using public-key encryption （PKE） technique to encapsulate a symmetric key. In hybrid encryptions, the long-raessage PKE is not desired due to its slow operation. A general method is presented for constructing Tag-KEM schemes with short-message PKEs. The chosen ciphertext security is proved in the random oracle model. In the method, the treatment of the tag part brings no additional ciphertext redundancy. Among all the methods for constructing Tag-KEM, the method is the first one without any validity checking on the tag part, thus showing that the Tag-KEM/DEM framework is superior to KEM＋DEM one.
文摘Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which emerges in the information security domain in recent years. Each of the sharing sub-keys may be a stochastic noise image or a significative image with no information on the original key. But a mass of sub-keys have to be saved actually, which faces the problem of inconvenient discrimination and management. This paper presents a visual cryptography scheme based on the digital signature for image discrimination and management, applying the digital signature and the time-stamp technology to the visual cryptography scheme. The scheme both solves the problem on the storage and management of the sharing sub-keys, increases the verification of image contents, thus enhances the validity of storage and management without security effect.
文摘A human's e-life needs multiple offline and online accounts. It is a balance between usability and security to set keys or passwords for these multiple accounts. Password reuse has to be avoided due to the domino effect of malicious administrators and crackers. However,human memorability constrains the number of keys. Single sign-on server,key hashing,key strengthening and petname system are used in the prior arts to use only one key for multiple online accounts. The unique site keys are derived from the common master secret and specific domain name. These methods cannot be applied to offline accounts such as file encryption. We invent a new method and system applicable to offline and online accounts. It does not depend on HTTP server and domain name,but numeric 4-digit passcode,key hashing,key strengthening and hash truncation. Domain name is only needed to resist spoofing and phishing attacks of online accounts.
文摘The purpose of this paper is to design and implement a secure open database system for organizations that are increasingly opened up their information for easy access by different users. The work proposed some functionalities such as open password entry with active boxes, combined encryption methods and agent that can be incorporated into an open database system. It designed and implemented an algorithm that would not allow users to have free access into open database system. A user entering his password only needs to carefully study the sequence of codes and active boxes that describe his password and then enter these codes in place of his active boxes. The approach does not require the input code to be hidden from anyone or converted to place holder characters for security reasons. Integrating this scheme into an open database system is viable in practice in term of easy use and will improve security level of information.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.10374025the Education Ministry of Hunan Province under Grant No.06A038the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province under Grant No.07JJ3013
文摘We propose a protocol for information sharing between two legitimate parties （Bob and Alice） via public-key cryptography. In particular, we specialize the protocol by employing discrete algorithm under mod that maps integers to quantum states via photon rotations. Based on this algorithm, we find that the protocol is secure under various classes of attacks. Specially, owe to the algorithm, the security of the classical privacy contained in the quantum public-key and the corresponding ciphertext is guaranteed. And the protocol is robust against the impersonation attack and the active wiretapping attack by designing particular checking processing, thus the protocol is valid.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21822202,22072104)the National Key R&D Program of China(International Collaboration program)granted by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology(2018YFE0200700)+1 种基金project funded by Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Nano&Soft Materials,Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science&Technologythe 111 Project,Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices。
文摘Plasmonic encoding composed of metallic nanostructures makes a great contribution to the practical application of information encryption.However,most reports have so far shown the preparation of single or binary plasmonic encoding patterns because of the technical difficulty of assembling multiplex nanostructures on a single platform,which cannot satisfy the requirements of high encoding capacity for increasing information security.Herein,we developed a strategy based on plasma etching combined with in-situ growth to fabricate patterned arrays of quasi-three-dimensional(3-D)plasmonic Au nano-mushrooms with controlled morphologies,and successfully realized ideal high-capacity plasmonic encoding by arranging Au nano-mushrooms on one platform.On this basis,such multiplex encoding patterns have been transferred to the flexible substrate to realize the triple-mode encryption of the Morse code of"FUNSOM",indicating great prospects in the applications of information encryption and data storage.
基金This project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China（60673053 90718011）
文摘Recently, Tseng et al. proposed authenticated encryption scheme with message recovery using self-certified public keys. Hwang et al. proposed an attack to show that the Tseng et al.＇s scheme was not secure. And Hwang et al. proposed an improved scheme and claimed to that the new scheme satisfy the security requirement. However, we will show that the improved signature proposed by Hwang et al. is still insecure.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21878043,21576039,21421005 and U1608223)the Program for Innovative Research Team in University(IRT13R06)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(DUT18ZD218)the Talent Fund of Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center of Eco-Chemical Engineering(XTCXYX04)。
文摘Encryption materials represent a major direction of information security,but it is challenging to realize the ideal security combining the complete hiding of complex coding,stability in transmission,camouflage,and reliable decoding.Herein,we report an innovative strategy for rationally constructing encryption composite materials with high security and portability.Compared with common colloidal photonic watermarks,our encrypted optical devices are composed of thermoplastic polyurethanes(TPU)protective layers,polystyrene(PS)switching layers and a Cd S coding layer.The optical shielding properties and phase state transition of PS layers enable high-level encoding and decoding security through thermal activation of light transmittance control.Meanwhile,the Cd S layer can be clearly revealed in decoding mode because of the high refractive index.Besides,the confinement protection of integrated TPU films prevents the trilayer quasi-amorphous heterostructure from damage.To establish the practical advantage,portable information carriers can be prepared for camouflage.Accordingly,the reliable encoding and decoding system,and ability to integrate with easy-to-carry products,make our composites a potentially high-security encryption device for anti-fraud technology.
