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Attribute-based Authenticated Key Exchange

Authors:
M. Choudary Gorantla
Juan Manuel Gonz\'alez Nieto
Colin Boyd
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2010/084
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Abstract: We introduce the concept of attribute-based authenticated key exchange (AB-AKE) within the framework of ciphertext policy attribute-based systems. A notion of AKE-security for AB-AKE is presented based on the security models for group key exchange protocols and also taking into account the security requirements generally considered in the ciphertext policy attribute-based setting. We also extend the paradigm of hybrid encryption to the ciphertext policy attribute-based encryption schemes. A new primitive called encapsulation policy attribute-based key encapsulation mechanism (EP-AB-KEM) is introduced and a notion of chosen ciphertext security is defined for EP-AB-KEMs. We propose an EP-AB-KEM from an existing attribute-based encryption scheme and show that it achieves chosen ciphertext security in the generic group and random oracle models. We present a generic one-round AB-AKE protocol that satisfies our AKE-security notion. The protocol is generically constructed from any EP-AB-KEM that satisfies chosen ciphertext security. Instantiating the generic AB-AKE protocol with our EP-AB-KEM will result in a concrete one-round AB-AKE protocol also secure in the generic group and random oracle models.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2010-22985,
  title={Attribute-based Authenticated Key Exchange},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={Attribute-based Key Exchange, Attribute-based KEM, Group Key Exchange},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2010/084},
  note={To appear at ACISP 2010. This is full version with proofs. mc.gorantla@gmail.com 14723 received 16 Feb 2010, last revised 24 Apr 2010},
  author={M. Choudary Gorantla and Juan Manuel Gonz\'alez Nieto and Colin Boyd},
  year=2010
}