Paper 2006/029 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2006/029 ↗

Authenticated Hybrid Encryption for Multiple Recipients

Stéphanie Alt
Abstract

Authenticated encryption schemes used in order to send one message to one recipient have received considerable attention in the last years. We investigate the case of schemes, we call authenticated $\mathtt{1{\to}n}$ schemes, that allow one to encrypt efficiently in a public-key setting a message for several, say $n$, recipients in an authenticated manner. We propose formal security definitions for such schemes that work also for $n=1$ and which are stronger and/or more general than those currently proposed. We then present a flexible mode of operation that transforms any $\mathtt{1{\to}1}$ authenticated encryption scheme working on small messages into a $\mathtt{1{\to}n}$ authenticated encryption scheme working on longer messages. We show that it allows the construction of efficient $\mathtt{1{\to}n}$ schemes that are proved secure for the strongest security notion.

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Category
Public-key cryptography
Publication info
Preprint.
History
2006-01-27: last updated
2006-01-27: published
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2006/029
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2006/029,
      author = {Stéphanie Alt},
      title = {Authenticated  Hybrid Encryption for Multiple Recipients},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2006/029},
      year = {2006},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2006/029}
}
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