International Association
for Cryptologic Research

We introduce the notion of \\emph{universal parameters} as a method for generating the

trusted parameters for many schemes from just a single trusted setup. In such a scheme

a trusted setup process will produce universal parameters $U$. These parameters can

then be combined with the description, $d(\\cdot)$ of any particular cryptographic setup

algorithm to produce parameters $p_d$ that can be used by the cryptographic system associated

with $d$. We give a solution in the random oracle model based on indistinguishability obfuscation.