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We define an abstract subgroup membership problem, and derive a number of general results for subgroup membership problems. We define an homomorphic public key cryptosystem based essentially on a subgroup membership problem, and show that this abstract construction gives a uniform description of many famous cryptosystems, such as ElGamal, Goldwasser-Micali and Paillier. We show that the abstract theory gives new insights into older results, and allows us to derive new results.
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Gjøsteen, K. (2005). Homomorphic Cryptosystems Based on Subgroup Membership Problems. In: Dawson, E., Vaudenay, S. (eds) Progress in Cryptology – Mycrypt 2005. Mycrypt 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3715. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11554868_22
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