3rd International ICST Symposium on Information Assurance and Security

Research Article

Threshold SKI Protocol for ID-based Cryptosystems

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/IAS.2007.22,
        author={Ashutosh Saxena},
        title={Threshold SKI Protocol for ID-based Cryptosystems},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Symposium on  Information Assurance and Security},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={IAS},
        year={2007},
        month={9},
        keywords={ID-based cryptography  secure key issuing.},
        doi={10.1109/IAS.2007.22}
    }
    
  • Ashutosh Saxena
    Year: 2007
    Threshold SKI Protocol for ID-based Cryptosystems
    IAS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2007.22
Ashutosh Saxena1,*
  • 1: Security and Privacy Group, SET Labs, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Survey No.210, Lingampally, Hyderabad 500 019. Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
*Contact email: Ashutosh_Saxena01@Infosys.com

Abstract

Traditional public key cryptography uses certificates to bind the users with their public keys and are considered the best alternative for key distribution, but requires to have a very involved key management process. Identity based cryptography makes the key management easier but suffers from the key escrow problem and requires secure channel to issue the private keys to the users. Key issuing protocols deal with secret key issuing (SKI) process to overcome the two problems. We present an efficient and secure key issuing protocol which enables the identity based cryptosystems to be more acceptable and applicable in the real world. In the protocol, neither key generating center nor key privacy authority can impersonate the users to obtain the private keys. Performance and security analysis are being carried out for the protocol and is shown that it is efficient and secure against replay, man-in-the-middle and insider attacks.