Multiuser private queries over encrypted databases

  • Authors:
  • Yanjiang Yang;Feng Bao;Xuhua Ding;Robert H. Deng

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Infocomm Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, No. 21-01 Connexis, South Tower, Singapore 138632.;Institute for Infocomm Research, 1 Fusionopolis Way, No. 21-01 Connexis, South Tower, Singapore 138632.;School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore.;School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, Singapore

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Applied Cryptography
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Searchable encryption schemes allow users to perform keyword-based searches on an encrypted database. Almost all existing such schemes only consider the scenario where a single user acts as both the data owner and the querier. However, most databases in practice do not just serve one user; instead, they support search and write operations by multiple users. In this paper, we systematically study searchable encryption in a practical multiuser setting. Our results include a set of security notions for multiuser searchable encryption as well as a construction which is provably secure under the newly introduced security notions. We also discuss how to improve query efficiency.