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Studies in Informatics and Control
Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010

A Secure and Efficient Off-line Electronic Transaction Protocol

Constantin Popescu
Abstract

In this paper we propose a secure and efficient off-line electronic transaction protocol based on an IDbased public key encryption system and group signature schemes, which is constructed from bilinear pairings. The anonymity of the customer is revocable by a trustee in case of dispute. Because the amount of communication in the payment protocol is about 1280 bits, our off-line electronic transaction protocol can be used in the wireless networks with the limited bandwidth or the limited-storage environment such as smart card.

Keywords

Cryptography, protocol, electronic cash system, bilinear pairings, group signatures.

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