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Cryptanalysis of an Identity-Based Convertible Undeniable Signature Scheme

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Paradigms in Cryptology – Mycrypt 2016. Malicious and Exploratory Cryptology (Mycrypt 2016)

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In this paper, we cryptanalyze an identity-based convertible undeniable signature scheme which claimed to be secure under the random oracle model. Our result shows that the signature leaks information on signer identity and fails to provide both invisibility and anonymity under the known message attack. We propose a fix for the vulnerability by removing some information from the signature with the need for the signer to keep the record of every signed message.

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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank the Malaysia government’s Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/2/2014/ICT04/MMU/03/1) and (FRGS/1/2015/ICT04/MMU/03/5) for supporting this work.

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  1. Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Melaka, Malaysia

    Rouzbeh Behnia, Syh-Yuan Tan & Swee-Huay Heng

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  1. Multimedia University, MMU, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

    Raphaël C.-W. Phan

  2. Snapchat and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Moti Yung

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Behnia, R., Tan, SY., Heng, SH. (2017). Cryptanalysis of an Identity-Based Convertible Undeniable Signature Scheme. In: Phan, RW., Yung, M. (eds) Paradigms in Cryptology – Mycrypt 2016. Malicious and Exploratory Cryptology. Mycrypt 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10311. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61273-7_23

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