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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Nec Laboratories Europe Gmbh, Heidelberg, DE;
Imdea Software Institute, Madrid, ES;
Claudio Soriente, Madrid, ES;
Antonio Faonio, Madrid, ES;
Maria Isabel Gonzalez Vasco, Madrid, ES;
Angel Perez del Pozo, Madrid, ES;
NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE GMBH, Heidelberg, DE;
IMDEA SOFTWARE INSTITUTE, Madrid, ES;
Abstract
A method for cryptographic key provisioning includes, via a main authentication server (MAS), generating a first secret key and registering a client by performing a first portion of a first instance of a distributed threshold oblivious pseudo-random function. The first instance of the function results in the client obtaining a root secret key and the MAS obtaining a corresponding root public key. The method includes authenticating the client to the MAS by performing a first portion of a second instance of the distributed threshold oblivious pseudo-random function. The second instance of the function results in the client obtaining the root secret key. Information stored by the client, the first secret key, and a second secret key generated by a support authentication server are inputs to at least one of the first and second instances of the distributed threshold oblivious pseudo-random function.