Accountable storage

Giuseppe Ateniese, Michael T. Goodrich, Vassilios Lekakis, Charalampos Papamanthou, Evripidis Paraskevas, Roberto Tamassia

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Abstract

We introduce Accountable Storage (AS), a framework enabling a client to outsource n file blocks to a server while being able (any time after outsourcing) to provably compute how many bits were discarded or corrupted by the server. Existing techniques (e.g., proofs of data possession or storage) can address the accountable storage problem, with linear server computation and bandwidth. Instead, our optimized protocols achieve O(δ log n) complexity (where δ is the maximum number of corrupted blocks that can be tolerated) through the novel use of invertible Bloom filters and a new primitive called proofs of partial storage. With accountable storage, a client can be compensated with a dollar amount proportional to the number d of corrupted bits (that he can now provably compute). We integrate our protocol with Bitcoin, supporting automatic such compensations. Our implementation is open-source and shows our protocols perform well in practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Cryptography and Network Security - 15th International Conference, ACNS 2017, Proceedings
EditorsDieter Gollmann, Atsuko Miyaji, Hiroaki Kikuchi
Pages623-644
Number of pages22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event15th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2017 - Kanazawa, Japan
Duration: 10 Jul 201712 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10355 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2017
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKanazawa
Period10/07/1712/07/17

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