TY - JOUR
T1 - The biometric based convertible undeniable multi-signature scheme to ensure multi-author copyrights and profits
AU - Yun, Sunghyun
AU - Lim, Heuiseok
AU - Jeong, Young Sik
AU - Jung, Soonyoung
AU - Chang, Jae Khun
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Digital content is easy to reproduce and manipulate. It is difficult to distinguish the original content from pirated copies. A cryptographic method is needed to protect content author's ownership and secure content distribution. The method should be extended to the case of multiple authors since the content is completed with the assistance of many authors. In this paper, the biometric-based, convertible, and undeniable multi-signature scheme is proposed. The private and public keys are generated using a signer's biometric data and a random secret value. Thus, lending the private key to the proxy signer is not possible. All the signers should participate in multi-signature generation and verification stages. The proposed scheme also provides a signature conversion process in which undeniable multi-signature is converted to the ordinary one. We demonstrate how our scheme is useful to ensure multi-author copyrights and profits.
AB - Digital content is easy to reproduce and manipulate. It is difficult to distinguish the original content from pirated copies. A cryptographic method is needed to protect content author's ownership and secure content distribution. The method should be extended to the case of multiple authors since the content is completed with the assistance of many authors. In this paper, the biometric-based, convertible, and undeniable multi-signature scheme is proposed. The private and public keys are generated using a signer's biometric data and a random secret value. Thus, lending the private key to the proxy signer is not possible. All the signers should participate in multi-signature generation and verification stages. The proposed scheme also provides a signature conversion process in which undeniable multi-signature is converted to the ordinary one. We demonstrate how our scheme is useful to ensure multi-author copyrights and profits.
KW - Biometric based authentication
KW - Digital right management
KW - Secure content distribution
KW - Undeniable multi-signature
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053560663&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11277-011-0298-3
DO - 10.1007/s11277-011-0298-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80053560663
SN - 0929-6212
VL - 60
SP - 405
EP - 418
JO - Wireless Personal Communications
JF - Wireless Personal Communications
IS - 3
ER -