Generalization of signcryption for resources-constrained environments

@article{citeulike:2754570, abstract = {Traditional signcryption is not feasible for some information security scenarios, though it is a new cryptographic primitive that simultaneously fulfills both the functions of signature and encryption. Generalized signcryption is an adaptive primitive which achieves both secrecy and authenticity or provides them respectively by a generic structure. The notions related to generalized signcryption such as syntax, correctness, and security are proposed in the paper. A practical generalized signcryption scheme ECGSC is evaluated carefully also. The formal proofs for the unforgeability and confidentiality of ECGSC in the Random Oracle model are provided. To give a solution for multiple user settings, an efficient multicast scheme is also designed. ECGSC will seamlessly switch to the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) or a provable secure asymmetric encryption scheme when recipient's keys or sender's keys are absent. Compared with other schemes, it saves 9-14\% communication costs in the signcryption mode. It also saves 78-82\% computational costs. Copyright {\copyright} 2007 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, author = {Han, Yiliang }, citeulike-article-id = {2754570}, journal = {Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing}, keywords = {a1}, month = {September}, number = {7}, organization = {Key Laboratory of Network and Information Security, Department of Electronic Technology, Engineering College of Armed Police Force, Xi'an Shaanxi, China}, pages = {919--931}, posted-at = {2008-05-04 23:15:54}, priority = {2}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, title = {Generalization of signcryption for resources-constrained environments}, url = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114262075/abstract?CRETRY=1\&\#38;SRETRY=0}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2754570 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2754570 N2 - Traditional signcryption is not feasible for some information security scenarios, though it is a new cryptographic primitive that simultaneously fulfills both the functions of signature and encryption. Generalized signcryption is an adaptive primitive which achieves both secrecy and authenticity or provides them respectively by a generic structure. The notions related to generalized signcryption such as syntax, correctness, and security are proposed in the paper. A practical generalized signcryption scheme ECGSC is evaluated carefully also. The formal proofs for the unforgeability and confidentiality of ECGSC in the Random Oracle model are provided. To give a solution for multiple user settings, an efficient multicast scheme is also designed. ECGSC will seamlessly switch to the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) or a provable secure asymmetric encryption scheme when recipient's keys or sender's keys are absent. Compared with other schemes, it saves 9-14% communication costs in the signcryption mode. It also saves 78-82% computational costs. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 7 JF - Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing OR - Key Laboratory of Network and Information Security, Department of Electronic Technology, Engineering College of Armed Police Force, Xi'an Shaanxi, China EP - 931 TI - Generalization of signcryption for resources-constrained environments PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. VL - 7 SP - 919 KW - a1 AU - Han, Yiliang PY - 2007/09// UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114262075/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 ER -