Direct chosen-ciphertext secure identity-based key encapsulation without random oracles

  • Authors:
  • Eike Kiltz;David Galindo

  • Affiliations:
  • Cryptology and Information Security Research Theme, CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands;University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We describe a practical identity-based encryption scheme that is secure in the standard model against chosen-ciphertext attacks. Our construction applies ''direct chosen-ciphertext techniques'' to Waters' chosen-plaintext secure scheme and is not based on hierarchical identity-based encryption. Furthermore, we give an improved concrete security analysis for Waters' scheme. As a result, one can instantiate the scheme in smaller groups, resulting in efficiency improvements.