In many application contexts, qualified electronic signature are difficult to adopt due to cost and technological reasons. As the Euro- pean legislation admits the use of (non-qualified) electronic signatures in several cases, the design of new signature protocols with cheapness and usability features is a challenging issue. In this paper, we propose a new lightweight electronic signature protocol that does not require any public key infrastructure, cryptography and dedicated device, yet guaranteeing a good level of security. The protocol is conceived for closed domains of users, such as the case of documents exchanged between employees of a company. Signature and verification processes rely on the Twitter social network and do not require any changes of its features. A system proto- type has been also designed and implemented to show that the adoption of our solution is both realistic and effective.

A lightweight electronic signature scheme using Twitter? / F. Buccafurri, L. Fotia, G. Lax, S. Nicolazzo, A. Nocera - In: 23rd Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems, SEBD 2015[s.l] : Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD), 2015. - ISBN 9781510810877. - pp. 160-167 (( Intervento presentato al 23. convegno Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems tenutosi a Gaeta nel 2015.

A lightweight electronic signature scheme using Twitter?

S. Nicolazzo;
2015

Abstract

In many application contexts, qualified electronic signature are difficult to adopt due to cost and technological reasons. As the Euro- pean legislation admits the use of (non-qualified) electronic signatures in several cases, the design of new signature protocols with cheapness and usability features is a challenging issue. In this paper, we propose a new lightweight electronic signature protocol that does not require any public key infrastructure, cryptography and dedicated device, yet guaranteeing a good level of security. The protocol is conceived for closed domains of users, such as the case of documents exchanged between employees of a company. Signature and verification processes rely on the Twitter social network and do not require any changes of its features. A system proto- type has been also designed and implemented to show that the adoption of our solution is both realistic and effective.
Settore INF/01 - Informatica
Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi di Elaborazione delle Informazioni
2015
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Polo Innovazione ICT Calabria
Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Ingegneria
Universita di Roma Sapienza
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