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On the Security of a Group Signature Scheme with Forward Security

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Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2003 (ICISC 2003)

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Abstract

A group signature scheme allows a group member of a given group to sign messages on behalf of the group in an anonymous and unlinkable way. In case of a dispute, however, a designated group manager can reveal the signer of a valid group signature. Based on Song’s forward-secure group signature schemes, Zhang, Wu, and Wang proposed a new group signature scheme with forward security at ICICS 2003. Their scheme is very efficient on both communication and computation aspects. Unfortunately, their scheme is insecure. In this paper we present a security analysis to show that their scheme is linkable, untraceable, and forgeable.

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    Guilin Wang

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    Jong-In Lim

  2. CIST (Center for Information Security Technologies), Korea University, Anam Dong, Sungbuk Gu, Seoul, Korea

    Dong-Hoon Lee

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Wang, G. (2004). On the Security of a Group Signature Scheme with Forward Security. In: Lim, JI., Lee, DH. (eds) Information Security and Cryptology - ICISC 2003. ICISC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2971. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24691-6_3

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