Abstract
A fair exchange protocol allows two users to exchange items so that either each user gets the other's item or neither user does. In [2], verifiable encryption is introduced as a primitive that can be used to build extremely efficient fair exchange protocols where the items exchanged represent digital signatures. Such protocols may be used to digitally sign contracts. This paper presents new simple schemes for verifiable encryption of digital signatures. We make use of a trusted third party (TTP) but in an optimistic sense, i.e., the TTP takes part in the protocol only if one user cheats or simply crashes. The performance of our schemes significantly surpasses that of prior art.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 138-146 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
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| State | Published - 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 6th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS) - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 2 Nov 1999 → 4 Nov 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1999 6th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS) |
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| City | Singapore, Singapore |
| Period | 2/11/99 → 4/11/99 |