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Regular Section -- Papers -- Cryptography and Information Security |
Identity-Based Encryptions with Tight Security Reductions to the BDH Problem
1 The author is with the Systems Lab, HITACHI Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, 215-0013 Japan. E-mail: mototsugu.nishioka.rc{at}hitachi.com
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We present IND-ID-CPA secure identity-based encryption (IBE) schemes with tight reductions to the bilinear Diffie-Hellman (BDH) problem. Since the methods for obtaining IND-ID-CCA secure schemes from IND-ID-CPA secure schemes with tight reductions are already known, we can consequently obtain IND-ID-CCA secure schemes with tight reductions to the BDH problem. Our constructions are based on IBE schemes with tight reductions to the list bilinear Diffie-Hellman (LBDH) problem, and the schemes are converted to those with tight reductions to the BDH problem. Interestingly, it can be shown that there exists a black box construction, in which the former IBE schemes are given as black boxes. Our constructions are very simple and reasonably efficient.
Key Words: identity-based encryption, security reduction, bilinear Diffie-Hellman problem
Manuscript received May 18, 2007. Manuscript revised October 23, 2007.