Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android

Leonardo Oliveira; Victor Sucasas; Georgios Mantas; Jonathan Rodriguez

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_7

Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android

Leonardo Oliveira^*, Victor Sucasas, Georgios Mantas, Jonathan Rodriguez

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Privacy preservation is of paramount importance in the emerging smart city scenario, where numerous and diverse online services will be accessed by users through their mobile or wearable devices. In this scenario, service providers or eavesdroppers can track users’ activities, location, and interactions with other users, which may discourage citizens from accessing smart city services. Pseudonym-based systems have been proposed as an efficient solution to provide identity confidentiality, and more concretely pseudonym-based signature schemes have been suggested as an effective means to authenticate entities and messages privately. In this paper we describe our implementation of a pseudonym-based signature scheme, based on bilinear-pairings. Concretely, our implementation consists of an Android application that enables users to authenticate messages under self-generated pseudonyms, while still enabling anonymity revocation by a trusted third party in case of misbehavior. The paper presents a description of the implementation, performance results, and it also describes the use cases for which it was designed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Paulo Marques, Ayman Radwan, Shahid Mumtaz, Jonathan Rodriguez, Michael Gundlach, Dominique Noguet
Publisher	Springer
Pages	75-87
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319762067
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_7
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th EAI International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks, CROWNCOM 2017 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 20 Sept 2017 → 21 Sept 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume	228
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211

Conference

Conference	12th EAI International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks, CROWNCOM 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	20/09/17 → 21/09/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Bilinear pairings
Mobile applications
Privacy-preserving

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Oliveira, L., Sucasas, V., Mantas, G., & Rodriguez, J. (2018). Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android. In P. Marques, A. Radwan, S. Mumtaz, J. Rodriguez, M. Gundlach, & D. Noguet (Eds.), Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings (pp. 75-87). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 228). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_7

Oliveira, Leonardo ; Sucasas, Victor ; Mantas, Georgios et al. / Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android. Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings. editor / Paulo Marques ; Ayman Radwan ; Shahid Mumtaz ; Jonathan Rodriguez ; Michael Gundlach ; Dominique Noguet. Springer, 2018. pp. 75-87 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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Oliveira, L, Sucasas, V, Mantas, G & Rodriguez, J 2018, Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android. in P Marques, A Radwan, S Mumtaz, J Rodriguez, M Gundlach & D Noguet (eds), Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 228, Springer, pp. 75-87, 12th EAI International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks, CROWNCOM 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, 20/09/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_7

Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android. / Oliveira, Leonardo; Sucasas, Victor; Mantas, Georgios et al.
Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Paulo Marques; Ayman Radwan; Shahid Mumtaz; Jonathan Rodriguez; Michael Gundlach; Dominique Noguet. Springer, 2018. p. 75-87 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 228).

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Oliveira L, Sucasas V, Mantas G, Rodriguez J. Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android. In Marques P, Radwan A, Mumtaz S, Rodriguez J, Gundlach M, Noguet D, editors, Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks - 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Proceedings. Springer. 2018. p. 75-87. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_7

Implementation of a Pseudonym-Based Signature Scheme with Bilinear Pairings on Android

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