Watermarking schemes provably secure against copy and ambiguity attacks

  • Authors:
  • André Adelsbach;Stefan Katzenbeisser;Helmut Veith

  • Affiliations:
  • Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken;Vienna University of Technology;Vienna University of Technology

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd ACM workshop on Digital rights management
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Protocol attacks against watermarking schemes pose a threat to modern digital rights management systems; for example, a successful attack may allow to copy a watermark between two digital objects or to forge a valid watermark. Such attacks enable a traitor to hinder a dispute resolving process or accuse an innocent party of a copyright infringement. Secure DRM systems based on watermarks must therefore prevent such protocol attacks. In this paper we introduce a formal framework that enables us to assert rigorously the security of watermarks against protocol attacks. Furthermore, we show how watermarking schemes can be secured against some protocol attacks by using a cryptographic signature of a trusted third party.