Slicer: Verifiable, Secure and Fair Search over Encrypted Numerical Data Using Blockchain

Haotian Wu, Rui Song, Kai Lei, Bin Xiao

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Abstract

Verifiable Searchable Symmetric Encryption (SSE) enables reliable search over encrypted, privacy-preserving data on untrusted clouds. Most existing SSE designs only focus on keyword-file search. However, a more difficult but useful search, range search over encrypted numerical values remains unsolved. Moreover, the fairness of search in the mutual distrusted scenario without public verification, where data users may maliciously deny the results after the local result verification, is not well addressed yet. In this paper, we take the first step to study the public verification problem atop the blockchain for encrypted numerical search. We design a novel verifiable SSE scheme named Slicer based on a Succinct Order-Revealing Encryption (SORE) scheme to achieve range search on numerical data. Our search results are verifiable, updated and privacy-preserving by SSE and maintaining the forward security. We illustrate the security and practicality of our design through rigorous analysis and extensive evaluations respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2022 IEEE 42nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1201-1211
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781665471770
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2022
Event42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2022 - Bologna, Italy
Duration: 10 Jul 202213 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Volume2022-July

Conference

Conference42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2022
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period10/07/2213/07/22

Keywords

  • blockchain
  • cloud data
  • privacy-preserving
  • searchable symmetric encryption
  • Verifiable search

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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