DocumentCode
2174161
Title
Weakness of provably secure searchable encryption against frequency analysis
Author
Suga, Takashi ; Nishide, Takashi ; Sakurai, Kimio
Author_Institution
Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
12-14 Oct. 2012
Firstpage
142
Lastpage
147
Abstract
There are encryption schemes called searchable encryption schemes. We can prove the security of these schemes based on a security model. However, we face the risk of the frequency analysis in some constructions because these schemes encrypt the keywords per word in the file as well as itself. In this attack, we assume an adversary knows the frequency distribution of plaintexts (i.e., keywords), and an adversary measures the frequency of the ciphertext and guesses the plaintext by comparing the frequency of the plaintext with it. In this work, we apply this attack to the existing works and evaluate the resistance of the searchable encryption to this attack by considering the difference between the deterministic encryption and the probabilistic encryption, and the supported types of searches.
Keywords
cryptography; probability; ciphertext; deterministic encryption; frequency analysis; frequency distribution; keywords; plaintext; probabilistic encryption; provably secure searchable encryption schemes; security model;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications, Computers and Applications (MIC-CCA), 2012 Mosharaka International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5230-7
Type
conf
Filename
6516798
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