Secure Delegation of Elliptic-Curve Pairing

In this paper we describe a simple protocol for secure delegation of the elliptic-curve pairing. A computationally limited device (typically a smart-card) will delegate the computation of the pairing e(A, B) to a more powerful device (for example a PC), in such a way that 1) the powerful device learns nothing about the points A and B, and 2) the limited device is able to detect when the powerful device is cheating. Key-words: Elliptic-curve pairing, secure delegation protocol, Boneh-Franklin IBE.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CARDIS
• Authors: Benoît Chevallier-Mames, Jean-Sébastien Coron, Noel McCullagh, David Naccache, Michael Scott
• Keywords: CARDIS 2010, Hardware, Limited Device, Powerful Device, Secure Delegation