DocumentCode
1066031
Title
Comments on "A practical (t, n) threshold proxy signature scheme based on the RSA cryptosystem"
Author
Wang, Guilin ; Bao, Feng ; Zhou, Jianying ; Deng, Robert H.
Author_Institution
Infocomm Security Res., Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore
Volume
16
Issue
10
fYear
2004
Firstpage
1309
Lastpage
1311
Abstract
In a (t, n) threshold proxy signature scheme, the original signer can delegate his/her signing capability to n proxy signers such that any t or more proxy signers can sign messages on behalf of the former, but t-1 or less of them cannot do the same thing. Such schemes have been suggested for use in a number of applications, particularly, in distributed computing where delegation of rights is quite common. Based on the RSA cryptosystem, [M. -S. Hwang et al. (2003) recently proposed an efficient (t, n) threshold proxy signature scheme. We identify several security weaknesses in their scheme and show that their scheme is insecure.
Keywords
message authentication; public key cryptography; RSA cryptosystem; data security; digital signature; distributed computing; public key cryptosystem; security weaknesses; threshold proxy signature scheme; Data security; Digital signatures; Distributed computing; Grid computing; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Power generation; Protection; Public key cryptography; Time factors; 65; Index Terms- Proxy signature; data security.; digital signature; public key cryptosystem;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-4347
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TKDE.2004.52
Filename
1324638
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