Secure pseudonym management using mediated identity-based encryption

  • Authors:
  • Thibault Candebat;David Gray

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland E-mail: {thibault.candebat,david.gray}@computing.dcu.ie;School of Computing, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland E-mail: {thibault.candebat,david.gray}@computing.dcu.ie

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computer Security - The First ACM Workshop on Digital Identity Management -- DIM 2005
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Motivated by pseudonym management in a Location-Based Services (LBS) platform, we describe a mediated identity-based encryption (mIBE) scheme that can be used to protect identities and communications in this environment. We introduce a process whereby a mobile user is only required to own one private key in order to protect their communications when accessing LBS under different pseudonyms. The identity-based character of the scheme simplifies key management by removing the need for digital certificates and the mediated architecture allows for simple, instant key revocation.