A Pragmatic Introduction to Secure Multi-Party Computation

A Pragmatic Introduction to Secure Multi-Party Computation
Author: David Evans
Publisher: Foundations and Trends (R) in Privacy and Security
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781680835083

Practitioners and researchers seeking a concise, accessible introduction to secure multi-party computation which quickly enables them to build practical systems or conduct further research will find this essential reading.

Compilation for Secure Multi-party Computation

Compilation for Secure Multi-party Computation
Author: Niklas Büscher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-11-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319675222

This book presents a holistic view on compiler assisted practical secure multi-party computation (MPC) over Boolean circuits. It discusses that two or more parties jointly evaluate a function over their inputs in such a way that each party keeps its input unknown to the other parties in MPC. MPC provides a generic way to construct Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, which protect sensitive data during processing steps in untrusted environments. A major obstacle in the past was to generate MPC applications by hand. Recently, special compilers have been developed to build all kinds of applications. This book also explains in detail how efficient MPC applications can be created automatically from ANSI-C, thus, bridging the areas of cryptography, compilation and hardware synthesis. It also gives an insight into the requirements for creating efficient applications for MPC and is hence of interest to not only researchers in the area of MPC but also developers realizing practical applications with MPC. For a better understanding of the complete compile chain from ANSI-C to circuits, which is the ‘machine code’ of MPC, the authors first give the necessary background information on MPC protocols, Boolean logic, and logic synthesis. Then the authors describe the various compilation steps required to translate any code into an adequate circuit description. Afterwards, the authors introduce a variety of optimization techniques for two classes of MPC protocols, namely techniques that improve the runtime of applications in constant- and multi-round MPC protocols. The authors also illustrate how efficient parallelization of MPC protocols can be achieved using the assistance of compilers. It presents the effectiveness of the proposed techniques by giving a detailed evaluation on benchmarking applications. Most of the aforementioned techniques are implemented in our open source compiler that is accompanying this book and allows to study compilation for MPC in practice.Researchers who are interested in practical secure multi-party computation (MPC), and developers who are interested in realizing MPC applications in practice will find this book useful as a reference, as well as advanced-level students in computer science.

Secure Multiparty Computation

Secure Multiparty Computation
Author: Ronald Cramer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1107043050

This book provides information on theoretically secure multiparty computation (MPC) and secret sharing, and the fascinating relationship between the two concepts.

Algorithmic Strategies for Solving Complex Problems in Cryptography

Algorithmic Strategies for Solving Complex Problems in Cryptography
Author: Balasubramanian, Kannan
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2017-08-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1522529160

Cryptography is a field that is constantly advancing, due to exponential growth in new technologies within the past few decades. Applying strategic algorithms to cryptic issues can help save time and energy in solving the expanding problems within this field. Algorithmic Strategies for Solving Complex Problems in Cryptography is an essential reference source that discusses the evolution and current trends in cryptology, and it offers new insight into how to use strategic algorithms to aid in solving intricate difficulties within this domain. Featuring relevant topics such as hash functions, homomorphic encryption schemes, two party computation, and integer factoring, this publication is ideal for academicians, graduate students, engineers, professionals, and researchers interested in expanding their knowledge of current trends and techniques within the cryptology field.

Efficient Secure Two-Party Protocols

Efficient Secure Two-Party Protocols
Author: Carmit Hazay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642143032

In the setting of multiparty computation, sets of two or more parties with p- vate inputs wish to jointly compute some (predetermined) function of their inputs. The computation should be such that the outputs received by the parties are correctly distributed, and furthermore, that the privacy of each party’s input is preserved as much as possible, even in the presence of - versarial behavior. This encompasses any distributed computing task and includes computations as simple as coin-tossing and broadcast, and as c- plex as electronic voting, electronic auctions, electronic cash schemes and anonymous transactions. The feasibility (and infeasibility) of multiparty c- putation has been extensively studied, resulting in a rather comprehensive understanding of what can and cannot be securely computed, and under what assumptions. The theory of cryptography in general, and secure multiparty computation in particular, is rich and elegant. Indeed, the mere fact that it is possible to actually achieve the aforementioned task is both surprising and intriguing.

Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2018

Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2018
Author: Hovav Shacham
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2018-08-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319968815

The three volume-set, LNCS 10991, LNCS 10992, and LNCS 10993, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 38th Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2018, held in Santa Barbara, CA, USA, in August 2018. The 79 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 351 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: secure messaging; implementations and physical attacks prevention; authenticated and format-preserving encryption; cryptoanalysis; searchable encryption and differential privacy; secret sharing; encryption; symmetric cryptography; proofs of work and proofs of stake; proof tools; key exchange; symmetric cryptoanalysis; hashes and random oracles; trapdoor functions; round optimal MPC; foundations; lattices; lattice-based ZK; efficient MPC; quantum cryptography; MPC; garbling; information-theoretic MPC; oblivious transfer; non-malleable codes; zero knowledge; and obfuscation.

Secure Multi-party Computation

Secure Multi-party Computation
Author: Manoj Prabhakaran
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1614991685

Secure Multi-Party Computation MPC is one of the most powerful tools developed by modern cryptography it facilitates collaboration among mutually distrusting parties by implementing a virtual trusted party. Despite the remarkable potential of such a tool, and decades of active research in the theoretical cryptography community, it remains a relatively inaccessible and lesser-known concept outside of this field. Only a handful of resources are available to students and researchers wishing to learn more about MPC. The editors of this book have assembled a comprehensive body of basic and advanced material on MPC, authored by

Secure Multi-Party Computation

Secure Multi-Party Computation
Author: M.M. Prabhakaran
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1614991693

Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) is one of the most powerful tools developed by modern cryptography: it facilitates collaboration among mutually distrusting parties by implementing a virtual trusted party. Despite the remarkable potential of such a tool, and decades of active research in the theoretical cryptography community, it remains a relatively inaccessible and lesser-known concept outside of this field. Only a handful of resources are available to students and researchers wishing to learn more about MPC. The editors of this book have assembled a comprehensive body of basic and advanced material on MPC, authored by experts in the field. It will serve as a starting point for those interested in pursuing research related to MPC, whether they are students learning about it for the first time or researchers already working in the area. The book begins with tutorials introducing the concept of MPC and zero-knowledge proofs, an important theoretical platform where many of the concepts central to MPC were shaped. The remaining chapters deal with classical as well as recent MPC protocols, and a variety of related topics. Each chapter is self-contained and can be read independently of the others.

Modern Compiler Design

Modern Compiler Design
Author: Dick Grune
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 832
Release: 2012-07-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461446996

"Modern Compiler Design" makes the topic of compiler design more accessible by focusing on principles and techniques of wide application. By carefully distinguishing between the essential (material that has a high chance of being useful) and the incidental (material that will be of benefit only in exceptional cases) much useful information was packed in this comprehensive volume. The student who has finished this book can expect to understand the workings of and add to a language processor for each of the modern paradigms, and be able to read the literature on how to proceed. The first provides a firm basis, the second potential for growth.

Principles of Security and Trust

Principles of Security and Trust
Author: Flemming Nielson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-04-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783030171377

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Principles of Security and Trust, POST 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2019, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019. The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. They deal with theoretical and foundational aspects of security and trust, including on new theoretical results, practical applications of existing foundational ideas, and innovative approaches stimulated by pressing practical problems.