• ETRI Journal
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.129-139
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• 2009

This paper provides an efficient algorithm for computing the ${\eta}_T$ pairing on supersingular elliptic curves over fields of characteristic two. In the proposed algorithm, we deploy a modified multiplication in $F_{2^{4n}}$ using the Vandermonde matrix. For F, G ${\in}$ $F_{2^{4n}}$ the proposed multiplication method computes ${\beta}{\cdot}F{\cdot}G$ instead of $F{\cdot}G$ with some ${\beta}$ ${\in}$ $F^*_{2n}$ because ${\beta}$ is eliminated by the final exponentiation of the ${\eta}_T$ pairing computation. The proposed multiplication method asymptotically requires only 7 multiplications in $F_{2^n}$ as n ${\rightarrow}$ ${\infty}$, while the cost of the previously fastest Karatsuba method is 9 multiplications in $F_{2^n}$. Consequently, the cost of the ${\eta}_T$ pairing computation is reduced by 14.3%.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.1193-1209
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• 2015

Network coding is promising to maximize network throughput and improve the resilience to random network failures in various networking systems. In this paper, the problem of providing efficient confidentiality for practical network coding system against a global eavesdropper (with full eavesdropping capabilities to the network) is considered. By exploiting a novel combination between the construction technique of systematic Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) erasure coding and traditional cryptographic approach, two efficient schemes are proposed that can achieve the maximum possible rate and minimum encryption overhead respectively on top of any communication network or underlying linear network code. Every generation is first subjected to an encoding by a particular matrix generated by two (or three) Vandermonde matrices, and then parts of coded vectors (or secret symbols) are encrypted before transmitting. The proposed schemes are characterized by tunable and measurable degrees of security and also shown to be of low overhead in computation and bandwidth.