Abstract
We present novel homomorphic encryption schemes for integer arithmetic, intended primarily for use in secure single-party computation in the cloud. These schemes are capable of securely computing arbitrary degree polynomials homomorphically. In practice, ciphertext size and running times limit the polynomial degree, but this appears sufficient for most practical applications. We present four schemes, with increasing levels of security, but increasing computational overhead. Two of the schemes provide strong security for high-entropy data. The remaining two schemes provide strong security regardless of this assumption. These four algorithms form the first two levels of a hierarchy of schemes, and we also present the general cases of each scheme. We further elaborate how a fully homomorphic system can be constructed from one of our general cases. In addition, we present a variant based upon Chinese Remainder Theorem secret sharing. We detail extensive evaluation of the first four algorithms of our hierarchy by computing low-degree polynomials. The timings of these computations are extremely favourable by comparison with even the best of existing methods and dramatically outperform many well-publicised schemes. The results clearly demonstrate the practical applicability of our schemes.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 549-579 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | International Journal of Information Security |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 9 Feb 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Practical homomorphic encryption over the integers for secure computation in the cloud'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Profiles
-
James Dyer
- Department of Computer Science - Lecturer in Computer Science
- School of Computing and Engineering
Person: Academic