New Blind Signature Scheme Based on Modified ElGamal Signature for Secure Electronic Voting
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research • 2018
Publication Information
Authors
Monira M. khater, Ayman Al-Ahwal, Mazen M.Selim, Hala H. Zayed
Keywords
Blind signature, Confidentiality, DLP, EVS, Harn digital signature, Unforgeability, Untraceability
Journal
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
9
Issue
3, March-2
Pages
917-921
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The Blind signature is similar to digital signature except that a message is signed by a signer without knowing the content of the message. It is one of the most famous cryptographic techniques in E-voting system (EVS) that guarantee the anonymity of the voters. In this paper, first, we analyze a recently introduced blind signature scheme and show that, the attacker can forge a legitimate signature for any desired message without obtaining the signer’s private key. In other words, Mohsen et al.’s blind signature scheme is universally forgeable. Then, a new blind signature scheme based on the discrete logarithm problem (DLP) and the modified ElGamal digital signature is presented. The proposed blind signature scheme meets all properties of blind signature such as correctness, blindness, unforgeability and untraceability. Therefore, the proposed blind signature scheme is more efficient in EVS to ensure voter anonymity, in other words to remove voter’s identity from his cast ballot.
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