Zero-Knowledge in the Applied Pi-calculus and Automated Verification of the Direct Anonymous Attestation Protocol

Authors Michael Backes, Matteo Maffei, Dominique Unruh



PDF
Thumbnail PDF

File

DagSemProc.07421.4.pdf
  • Filesize: 342 kB
  • 43 pages

Document Identifiers

Author Details

Michael Backes
Matteo Maffei
Dominique Unruh

Cite AsGet BibTex

Michael Backes, Matteo Maffei, and Dominique Unruh. Zero-Knowledge in the Applied Pi-calculus and Automated Verification of the Direct Anonymous Attestation Protocol. In Formal Protocol Verification Applied. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 7421, pp. 1-43, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2008)
https://doi.org/10.4230/DagSemProc.07421.4

Abstract

We devise an abstraction of zero-knowledge protocols that is accessible to a fully mechanized analysis. The abstraction is formalized within the applied pi-calculus using a novel equational theory that abstractly characterizes the cryptographic semantics of zero-knowledge proofs. We present an encoding from the equational theory into a convergent rewriting system that is suitable for the automated protocol verifier ProVerif. The encoding is sound and fully automated. We successfully used ProVerif to obtain the first mechanized analysis of the Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA) protocol. The analysis in particular required us to devise novel abstractions of sophisticated cryptographic security definitions based on interactive games.
Keywords
  • Language-based security
  • zero-knowledge proofs
  • applied pi-calculus
  • direct anonymous attestation

Metrics

  • Access Statistics
  • Total Accesses (updated on a weekly basis)
    0
    PDF Downloads
Questions / Remarks / Feedback
X

Feedback for Dagstuhl Publishing


Thanks for your feedback!

Feedback submitted

Could not send message

Please try again later or send an E-mail