MPC-Friendly Symmetric Cryptography from Alternating Moduli: Candidates, Protocols, and Applications

Itai Dinur, Steven Goldfeder, Tzipora Halevi, Yuval Ishai, Mahimna Kelkar, Vivek Sharma, Greg Zaverucha

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Abstract

We study new candidates for symmetric cryptographic primitives that leverage alternation between linear functions over Z2 and Z3 to support fast protocols for secure multiparty computation (MPC). This continues the study of weak pseudorandom functions of this kind initiated by Boneh et al. (TCC 2018) and Cheon et al. (PKC 2021). We make the following contributions. Candidates. We propose new designs of symmetric primitives based on alternating moduli. These include candidate one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, and weak pseudorandom functions. We propose concrete parameters based on cryptanalysis.Protocols. We provide a unified approach for securely evaluating modulus-alternating primitives in different MPC models. For the original candidate of Boneh et al., our protocols obtain at least 2x improvement in all performance measures. We report efficiency benchmarks of an optimized implementation.Applications. We showcase the usefulness of our candidates for a variety of applications. This includes short “Picnic-style” signature schemes, as well as protocols for oblivious pseudorandom functions, hierarchical key derivation, and distributed key generation for function secret sharing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2021 - 41st Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2021, Proceedings
EditorsTal Malkin, Chris Peikert
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages517-547
Number of pages31
ISBN (Print)9783030842581
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021
Event41st Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 16 Aug 202120 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12828 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference41st Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period16/08/2120/08/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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