Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

11-2013

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new cryptographic primitive, called adaptable ciphertext-policy attribute-based encryption (CP-ABE). Adaptable CP-ABE extends the traditional CP-ABE by allowing a semi-trusted proxy to modify a ciphertext under one access policy into ciphertexts of the same plaintext under any other access policies; the proxy, however, learns nothing about the underlying plaintext. With such “adaptability” possessed by the proxy, adaptable CP-ABE has many real world applications, such as handling policy changes in CP-ABE encryption of cloud data and outsourcing of CP-ABE encryption. Specifically, we first specify a formal model of adaptable CP-ABE; then, based on the CP-ABE scheme by Waters, we propose a concrete adaptable CP-ABE scheme and further prove its security under our security model.

Keywords

Ciphertext, Policy attribute. Based encryption, Adaptability, Policy change

Discipline

Information Security

Research Areas

Cybersecurity

Publication

Pairing-Based Cryptography - Pairing 2013: 6th International Conference, Beijing, China, November 22-24: Revised Selected Papers

Volume

8365

First Page

199

Last Page

214

ISBN

9783319048734

Identifier

10.1007/978-3-319-04873-4_12

Publisher

Springer

City or Country

Berlin

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04873-4_12

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