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Identity-based undetachable digital signature for mobile agents in electronic commerce

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To enable mobile agents signing securely on potentially malicious hosts in electronic commerce and other applications, we proposed the definition and security notion of identity-based undetachable digital signature schemes. More importantly, we proposed a concrete identity-based undetachable digital signature scheme with provable security. In the scheme, mobile agents need not carry the private key when they generate digital signatures on behalf of the original signer, so the private key will not be compromised. The encrypted function is combined with the original signer’s requirement, so misuse of the signing algorithm can be prevented. Moreover, because the scheme is identity-based, verification of the signatures generated by mobile agents does not require either verification of the entire certificate path or communication with the certification authority. Therefore, compared with existing undetachable signature schemes, the cost of verification is reduced and even the dependence on a stable network connection is weakened.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61772371, 61702372, 61202382, 61503286) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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    Yang Shi, Jingxuan Han, Jiangfeng Li, Guoyue Xiong & Qinpei Zhao

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Shi, Y., Han, J., Li, J. et al. Identity-based undetachable digital signature for mobile agents in electronic commerce. Soft Comput 22, 6921–6935 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-018-3159-0

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