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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2021.1
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-143208
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2021/14320/
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Policharla, Guru-Vamsi ; Prabhakaran, Manoj ; Raghunath, Rajeev ; Vyas, Parjanya

Group Structure in Correlations and Its Applications in Cryptography

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Abstract

Correlated random variables are a key tool in cryptographic applications like secure multi-party computation. We investigate the power of a class of correlations that we term group correlations: A group correlation is a uniform distribution over pairs (x,y) ∈ G² such that x+y ∈ S, where G is a (possibly non-abelian) group and S is a subset of G. We also introduce bi-affine correlation{s}, and show how they relate to group correlations. We present several structural results, new protocols and applications of these correlations. The new applications include a completeness result for black box group computation, perfectly secure protocols for evaluating a broad class of black box "mixed-groups" circuits with bi-affine homomorphisms, and new information-theoretic results. Finally, we uncover a striking structure underlying OLE: In particular, we show that OLE over ?_{2ⁿ}, is isomorphic to a group correlation over ℤ_4^n.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{policharla_et_al:LIPIcs.ITC.2021.1,
  author =	{Policharla, Guru-Vamsi and Prabhakaran, Manoj and Raghunath, Rajeev and Vyas, Parjanya},
  title =	{{Group Structure in Correlations and Its Applications in Cryptography}},
  booktitle =	{2nd Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2021)},
  pages =	{1:1--1:23},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-197-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{199},
  editor =	{Tessaro, Stefano},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2021/14320},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-143208},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITC.2021.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Group correlations, bi-affine correlations, secure computation}
}

Keywords: Group correlations, bi-affine correlations, secure computation
Collection: 2nd Conference on Information-Theoretic Cryptography (ITC 2021)
Issue Date: 2021
Date of publication: 19.07.2021

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