@article {nunez2017proxy, title = {Proxy Re-Encryption: Analysis of Constructions and its Application to Secure Access Delegation}, journal = {Journal of Network and Computer Applications}, volume = {87}, year = {2017}, month = {06/2017}, pages = {193-209}, publisher = {Elsevier}, abstract = {

This paper analyzes the secure access delegation problem, which occurs naturally in the cloud, and postulate that Proxy Re-Encryption is a feasible cryptographic solution, both from the functional and efficiency perspectives. Proxy re-encryption is a special type of public-key encryption that permits a proxy to transform ciphertexts from one public key to another, without the proxy being able to learn any information about the original message. Thus, it serves as a means for delegating decryption rights, opening up many possible applications that require of delegated access to encrypted data. In particular, sharing information in the cloud is a prime example. In this paper, we review the main proxy re-encryption schemes so far, and provide a detailed analysis of their characteristics. Additionally, we also study the efficiency of selected schemes, both theoretically and empirically, based on our own implementation. Finally, we discuss some applications of proxy re-encryption, with a focus on secure access delegation in the cloud.\ 

}, issn = {1084-8045}, doi = {10.1016/j.jnca.2017.03.005}, author = {David Nu{\~n}ez and Isaac Agudo and Javier Lopez} } @inproceedings {nunez2015parametric, title = {A Parametric Family of Attack Models for Proxy Re-Encryption}, booktitle = {28th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium}, series = {CSF{\textquoteright}15}, year = {2015}, month = {07/2015}, pages = {290-301}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, organization = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Verona, Italy}, abstract = {

Proxy Re-Encryption (PRE) is a type of Public-Key Encryption (PKE) which provides an additional re-encryption functionality. Although PRE is inherently more complex than PKE, attack models for PRE have not been developed further than those inherited from PKE. In this paper we address this gap and define a parametric family of attack models for PRE, based on the availability of both the decryption and re-encryption oracles during the security game. This family enables the definition of a set of intermediate security notions for PRE that ranges from {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}plain{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} IND-CPA to {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}full{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} IND-CCA. We analyze some relations among these notions of security, and in particular, the separations that arise when the re-encryption oracle leaks re-encryption keys. In addition, we discuss which of these security notions represent meaningful adversarial models for PRE. Finally, we provide an example of a recent {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}CCA1- secure{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} scheme from PKC 2014 whose security model does not capture chosen-ciphertext attacks through re-encryption and for which we describe an attack under a more realistic security notion. This attack emphasizes the fact that PRE schemes that leak re-encryption keys cannot achieve strong security notions.

}, isbn = { 978-1-4673-7538-2}, issn = {1063-6900}, doi = {10.1109/CSF.2015.27}, author = {David Nu{\~n}ez and Isaac Agudo and Javier Lopez} } @incollection {nunez15privacy, title = {Privacy-Preserving Identity Management as a Service}, booktitle = {Accountability and Security in the Cloud}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {8937}, year = {2015}, pages = {114-125}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

In this paper we tackle the problem of privacy and confidentiality in Identity Management as a Service (IDaaS). The adoption of cloud computing technologies by organizations has fostered the externalization of the identity management processes, shaping the concept of Identity Management as a Service. However, as it has happened to other cloud-based services, the cloud poses serious risks to the users, since they lose the control over their data. As part of this work, we analyze these concerns and present a model for privacy-preserving IDaaS, called BlindIdM, which is designed to provide data privacy protection through the use of cryptographic safeguards.

}, keywords = {Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Identity Management as a Service, privacy}, isbn = {978-3-319-17198-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-17199-9_5}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17199-9_5}, author = {David Nu{\~n}ez and Isaac Agudo and Javier Lopez}, editor = {Massimo Felici and Carmen Fernandez-Gago} }