Fair partially blind signatures

Rückert M, Schröder D (2010)


Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Authored book, Volume of book series

Publication year: 2010

Series: Progress in Cryptology - AFRICACRYPT 2010

Pages Range: 34-51

Event location: Stellenbosch

ISBN: 9783642126772

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12678-9_3

Abstract

It is well-known that blind signature schemes provide full anonymity for the receiving user. For many real-world applications, however, this leaves too much room for fraud. There are two generalizations of blind signature schemes that compensate this weakness: fair blind signatures and partially blind signatures. Fair blind signature schemes allow a trusted third party to revoke blindness in case of a dispute. In partially blind signature schemes, the signer retains a certain control over the signed message because signer and user have to agree on a specific part of the signed message. In this work, we unify the previous well-studied models into a generalization, called fair partially blind signatures. We propose an instantiation that is secure in the standard model without any setup assumptions. With this construction, we also give a positive answer to the open question of whether fair blind signature schemes in the standard model exist. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.

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APA:

Rückert, M., & Schröder, D. (2010). Fair partially blind signatures.

MLA:

Rückert, Markus, and Dominique Schröder. Fair partially blind signatures. 2010.

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