New constructions of equality test scheme for cloud-assisted wireless sensor networks

PLoS One. 2021 Oct 25;16(10):e0258746. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258746. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

Public key encryption with equality test enables the user to determine whether two ciphertexts contain the same information without decryption. Therefore, it may serve as promising cryptographic technique for cloud-assisted wireless sensor networks (CWSNs) to maintain data privacy. In this paper, an efficient RSA with equality test algorithm is proposed. The presented scheme also handles the attackers based on their authorization ability. Precisely, the proposed scheme is proved to be one-way against chosen-ciphertext attack security and indistinguishable against chosen ciphertext attacks. Moreover, the experimental evaluations depict that the underlying scheme is efficient in terms of encryption, decryption, and equality testing. Thus, this scheme may be used as a practical solution in context of CWSNs, where the users may compare two ciphertexts without decryption.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Cloud Computing / statistics & numerical data*
  • Computer Communication Networks / statistics & numerical data*
  • Computer Security / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Remote Sensing Technology / methods*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Department of Henan Province (no.212102310297), the Open Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) (SKLNST-2019-2-17) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 61801004).