Comment on 'Attribute-Based Signatures for Supporting Anonymous Certification' by N. Kaaniche and M. Laurent (ESORICS 2016). (7th June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vergnaud, Damien
• Is Part Of: Computer journal. Volume 60:Number 12(2017)
• Page Start: 1801
• Page End: 1808
• Publication Date: 2017-06-07
• Subjects: Cryptanalysis -- Attribute-Based Signatures -- Anonymous Credentials; Computers -- Periodicals; 005.1
• DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxx058
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0010-4620

Abstract

Abstract: Anonymous credential systems enable users to authenticate themselves in a privacy-preserving manner. At the conference ESORICS 2016, Kaaniche and Laurent presented an anonymous certification scheme based on a new attribute based signature. In this note, we provide several attacks on their scheme.