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Identity-based cryptography Ref:
Marc Joye and Gregory Neven, editors.
Volume 2 of Cryptology and Information Security Series. IOS Press,
2008. Abstract:
Posed as an open problem in 1984, but efficiently instantiated only
in 2001, identity-based encryption hasn’t left the forefront of
cryptographic research since. Praised by fans as the economical alternative
to public-key infrastructures, booed by critics for its inherent key
escrow, identity-based cryptography is also the topic of numerous debates
in the cryptographic community. Identity-Based Cryptography looks beyond
the controversy and intends to give an overview of the current state-of-the-art
in identity-based cryptography. Since research on the topic is still
actively continuing, this is necessarily a snapshot of a field in motion,
rather than the final word about it. Still, the authors felt the main
concepts have by now sufficiently matured to collect them in a single
dedicated volume. |