A systematic analysis of identity based encryption (IBE)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Karrothu, Aravind^{a; *} | Norman, Jasmine^b

Affiliations: [a] Department of CSE, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India | [b] SITE, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Aravind Karrothu, Department of CSE, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: aravind.k@gmrit.edu.in.

Abstract: Light-weight cryptography is a major research area due to the minimization of the size of the devices utilized for such services. The associated security threats do increase as their applications are more now. Identity-Based Encryption (IBE) with its wide range of cryptographic schemes and protocols is specifically found suitable for low-end devices that have much resource constraint. This work describes various schemes and protocols in IBE. In this paper an analysis of IBE schemes and the various attacks they are prone to are discussed. The future trends are found to be very promising and challenging.

Keywords: Identity based encryption (IBE), hierarchical identity based encryption (HIBE), fuzzy identity based encryption (FIBE), identity based broadcast encryption (IBBE), key escrow

DOI: 10.3233/KES-210078

Journal: International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 343-356, 2021