Constructing Optimistic Multi-party Contract Signing Protocols

Barbara Kordy, Saša Radomirović

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Abstract

We give an explicit, general construction for optimistic multi-party contract signing protocols. Our construction converts a sequence over any finite set of signers into a protocol specification for the signers. The inevitable trusted third party's role specification and computations are independent of the signer's role specification. This permits a wide variety of protocols to be handled equally by the trusted third party. We give tight conditions under which the resulting protocols satisfy fairness and timeliness. We provide examples of several classes of protocols and we discuss lower bounds for the complexity of fair protocols, both in terms of bandwidth and minimum number of messages. Our results highlight the connection between optimistic fair contract signing protocols and the combinatorial problem of constructing sequences which contain all permutations of a set as subsequences. This connection is stronger than was previously realized.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE 25th Computer Security Foundations Symposium, CSF 2012
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages215-229
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)9780769547183
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Event25th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium - Cambridge, United States
Duration: 25 Jun 201227 Jun 2012
http://csf2012.seas.harvard.edu/ (Link to Conference website)

Conference

Conference25th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium
Abbreviated titleCSF 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCambridge
Period25/06/1227/06/12
Internet address

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software

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