Forward secure signature can protect the security of signatures previous to the key exposure. Server-assisted signature is a special digital signature in which the signer allies one server to produce the signatures. I...Forward secure signature can protect the security of signatures previous to the key exposure. Server-assisted signature is a special digital signature in which the signer allies one server to produce the signatures. In this paper, server-assisted for-ward-secure threshold signature is proposed. The system is composed of n1 servers and n2 users. Each user and each server holds a partial secret, respectively. To produce a valid signature, users and servers need to cooperate to complete the work. The partial secrets of the users and servers are updated by a one-way function at regular intervals, while the public key is always fixed. Even if all the current partial secrets are exposed, the signatures pertaining to previous periods are still valid.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (60703089)the National High-Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (2006AA012110)
文摘Forward secure signature can protect the security of signatures previous to the key exposure. Server-assisted signature is a special digital signature in which the signer allies one server to produce the signatures. In this paper, server-assisted for-ward-secure threshold signature is proposed. The system is composed of n1 servers and n2 users. Each user and each server holds a partial secret, respectively. To produce a valid signature, users and servers need to cooperate to complete the work. The partial secrets of the users and servers are updated by a one-way function at regular intervals, while the public key is always fixed. Even if all the current partial secrets are exposed, the signatures pertaining to previous periods are still valid.
