Further observations on optimistic fair exchange protocols in the multi-user setting
Huang, Xinyi, Mu, Yi, Susilo, Willy, Wu, Wei and Xiang, Yang 2010, Further observations on optimistic fair exchange protocols in the multi-user setting, in Public key cryptography - PKC 2010 : 13th International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, Paris, France, May 26-28, 2010 : proceedings, Springer, New York, N. Y., pp.124-141.
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Further observations on optimistic fair exchange protocols in the multi-user setting
Public key cryptography - PKC 2010 : 13th International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public-Key Cryptography, Paris, France, May 26-28, 2010 : proceedings
Editor(s)
Nguyen Phong Q. Pointcheval, David
Publication date
2010
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science; v.6056
Chapter number
8
Total chapters
29
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124
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141
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18
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Springer
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New York, N. Y.
Summary
Recent research has shown that the single-user security of optimistic fair exchange cannot guarantee the multi-user security. This paper investigates the conditions under which the security of optimistic fair exchange in the single-user setting is preserved in the multi-user setting. We first introduce and define a property called “Strong Resolution-Ambiguity”. Then we prove that in the certified-key model, an optimistic fair exchange protocol is secure in the multi-user setting if it is secure in the single-user setting and has the property of strong resolution-ambiguity. Finally we provide a new construction of optimistic fair exchange with strong resolution-ambiguity. The new protocol is setup-free, stand-alone and multi-user secure without random oracles.