Network Working Group A. Davidson
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Intended status: Informational N. Sullivan
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C. Wood
Apple Inc.
October 22, 2018
Verifiable Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (VOPRFs) in Prime-Order
Groups
draft-sullivan-cfrg-voprf-02
Abstract
A Verifiable Oblivious Pseudorandom Function (VOPRF) is a two-party
protocol for computing the output of a PRF that is symmetrically
verifiable. In summary, the PRF key holder learns nothing of the
input while simultaneously providing proof that its private key was
used during execution. VOPRFs are useful for computing one-time
unlinkable tokens that are verifiable by secret key holders. This
document specifies a VOPRF construction instantiated within prime-
order subgroups, including elliptic curves.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Security Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. VOPRF Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Instantiations of GG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Algorithmic Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2.1. VOPRF_Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2.2. VOPRF_Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2.3. VOPRF_Unblind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2.4. VOPRF_Finalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. NIZK Discrete Logarithm Equality Proof . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1. DLEQ_Generate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2. DLEQ_Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3. Elliptic Curve Group and Hash Function Instantiations . . 10
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.1. Timing Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.2. Hashing to curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. Privacy Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.1. Key Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix A. Test Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix B. Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B.1. Privacy Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B.2. Private Password Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
B.2.1. Parameter Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1. Introduction
A pseudorandom function (PRF) F(k, x) is an efficiently computable
function with secret key k on input x. Roughly, F is pseudorandom if
the output y = F(k, x) is indistinguishable from uniformly sampling
any element in F's range for random choice of k. An oblivious PRF
(OPRF) is a two-party protocol between a prover P and verifier V
where P holds a PRF key k and V holds some input x. The protocol
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allows both parties to cooperate in computing F(k, x) with P's secret
key k and V's input x such that: V learns F(k, x) without learning
anything about k; and P does not learn anything about x. A
Verifiable OPRF (VOPRF) is an OPRF wherein P can prove to V that F(k,
x) was computed using key k, which is bound to a trusted public key Y
= kG. Informally, this is done by presenting a non-interactive zero-
knowledge (NIZK) proof of equality between (G, Y) and (Z, M), where Z
= kM for some point M.
VOPRFs are useful for producing tokens that are verifiable by V.
This may be needed, for example, if V wants assurance that P did not
use a unique key in its computation, i.e., if V wants key consistency
from P. This property is necessary in some applications, e.g., the
Privacy Pass protocol [PrivacyPass], wherein this VOPRF is used to
generate one-time authentication tokens to bypass CAPTCHA challenges.
This document introduces a VOPRF protocol built in prime-order
groups. This applies to finite fields of prime-order and also
elliptic curve (EC) settings. In the EC setting, we will refer to
the protocol as ECVOPRF. The document describes the protocol, its
security properties, and provides preliminary test vectors for
experimentation. This rest of document is structured as follows:
o Section Section 2: Describe background, related work, and use
cases of VOPRF protocols.
o Section Section 3: Discuss security properties of VOPRFs.
o Section Section 4: Specify a VOPRF protocol based in prime-order
groups.
o Section Section 5: Specify the NIZK discrete logarithm equality
construction used for verifying protocol outputs.
1.1. Terminology
The following terms are used throughout this document.
o PRF: Pseudorandom Function.
o OPRF: Oblivious PRF.
o VOPRF: Verifiable Oblivious Pseudorandom Function.
o ECVOPRF: A VOPRF built on Elliptic Curves.
o Verifier (V): Protocol initiator when computing F(k, x).
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o Prover (P): Holder of secret key k.
o NIZK: Non-interactive zero knowledge.
o DLEQ: Discrete Logarithm Equality.
1.2. Requirements
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
2. Background
VOPRFs are functionally related to RSA-based blind signature schemes,
e.g., [ChaumBlindSignature]. Such a scheme works as follows. Let m
be a message to be signed by a server. It is assumed to be a member
of the RSA group. Also, let N be the RSA modulus, and e and d be the
public and private keys, respectively. A prover P and verifier V
engage in the following protocol given input m.
1. V generates a random blinding element r from the RSA group, and
compute m' = m^r (mod N). Send m' to the P.
2. P uses m' to compute s' = (m')^d (mod N), and sends s' to the V.
3. V removes the blinding factor r to obtain the original signature
as s = (s')^(r^-1) (mod N).
By the properties of RSA, s is clearly a valid signature for m. OPRF
protocols are the symmetric equivalent to blind signatures in the
same way that PRFs are the symmetric equivalent traditional digital
signatures. This is discussed more in the following section.
3. Security Properties
The security properties of a VOPRF protocol with functionality y =
F(k, x) include those of a standard PRF. Specifically:
o Given value x, it is infeasible to compute y = F(k, x) without
knowledge of k.
o Output y = F(k, x) is indistinguishable from a random value in the
domain of F.
Additionally, we require the following additional properties:
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o Non-malleable: Given (x, y = F(k, x)), V must not be able to
generate (x', y') where x' != x and y' = F(k, x').
o Verifiable: V must only complete execution of the protocol if it
asserts that P used its secret key k, associated with public key Y
= kG, in execution.
o Oblivious: P must learn nothing about V's input, and V must learn
nothing about P's private key.
o Unlinkable: If V reveals x to P, P cannot link x to the protocol
instance in which y = F(k, x) was computed.
4. VOPRF Protocol
In this section we describe the VOPRF protocol. Let GG be a prime-
order additive subgroup, with two distinct hash functions H_1 and
H_2, where H_1 maps arbitrary input onto GG and H_2 maps arbitrary
input to a fixed-length output, e.g., SHA256. All hash functions in
the protocol are assumed to be random oracles. Let L be the security
parameter. Let k be the prover's (P) secret key, and Y = kG be its
corresponding public key for some generator G taken from the group
GG. Let x be the verifier's (V) input to the VOPRF protocol.
(Commonly, it is a random L-bit string, though this is not required.)
VOPRF begins with V randomly blinding its input for the signer. The
latter then applies its secret key to the blinded value and returns
the result. To finish the computation, V then removes its blind and
hashes the result using H_2 to yield an output. This flow is
illustrated below.
Verifier Prover
------------------------------------
r <-$ GG
M = rH_1(x)
M
------->
Z = kM
D = DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z)
Z,D
<-------
b = DLEQ_Verify(G,Y,M,Z,D)
Output H_2(x, Zr^(-1)) if b=1, else "error"
DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z) and DLEQ_Verify(G,Y,M,Z,D) are described in
Section Section 5. Intuitively, the DLEQ proof allows P to prove to
V in NIZK that the same key k is the exponent of both Y and M. In
other words, computing the discrete logarithm of Y and Z (with
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respect to G and M, respectively) results in the same value. The
committed value Y should be public before the protocol is initiated.
The actual PRF function computed is as follows:
F(k, x) = H_2(x, N) = H_2(x, kH_1(x))
Note that V finishes this computation upon receiving kH_1(x) from P.
The output from P is not the PRF value.
This protocol may be decomposed into a series of steps, as described
below:
o VOPRF_Blind(x): Compute and return a blind, r, and blinded
representation of x, denoted M.
o VOPRF_Sign(M): Sign input M using secret key k to produce Z,
generate a proof D = DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z), and output (Z, D).
o VOPRF_Unblind((Z, D), r, Y, G, M): Unblind blinded signature Z
with blind r, yielding N. Output N if 1 = DLEQ_Verify(G,Y,M,Z,D).
Otherwise, output "error".
o VOPRF_Finalize(N): Finalize N to produce PRF output F(k, x).
Protocol correctness requires that, for any key k, input x, and (r,
M) = VOPRF_Blind(x), it must be true that:
VOPRF_Finalize(x, VOPRF_Unblind(VOPRF_Sign(M), M, r)) = F(k, x)
with overwhelming probability.
4.1. Instantiations of GG
As we remarked above, GG is a subgroup with associated prime-order p.
While we choose to write operations in the setting where GG comes
equipped with an additive operation, we could also define the
operations in the multiplicative setting. In the multiplicative
setting we can choose GG to be a prime-order subgroup of a finite
field FF_p. For example, let p be some large prime (e.g. > 2048
bits) where p = 2q+1 for some other prime q. Then the subgroup of
squares of FF_p (elements u^2 where u is an element of FF_p) is
cyclic, and we can pick a generator of this subgroup by picking g
from FF_p (ignoring the identity element).
In this document, however, we are going to focus on the cases where
GG is indeed an additive subgroup. In the elliptic curve setting,
this amounts to choosing GG to be a prime-order subgroup of an
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elliptic curve over base field GF(p) for prime p. There are also
other settings where GG is a prime-order subgroup of an elliptic
curve over a base field of non-prime order, these include the work of
Ristretto [RISTRETTO] and Decaf [DECAF].
We will use p > 0 generally for constructing the base field GF(p),
not just those where p is prime. To reiterate, we focus only on the
additive case, and so we focus only on the cases where GF(p) is
indeed the base field.
4.2. Algorithmic Details
This section provides algorithms for each step in the VOPRF protocol.
1. V computes X = H_1(x) and a random element r (blinding factor)
from GF(p), and computes M = rX.
2. V sends M to P.
3. P computes Z = kM = rkX, and D = DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z).
4. P sends (Z, D) to V.
5. V ensures that 1 = DLEQ_Verify(G,Y,M,Z,D). If not, V outputs an
error.
6. V unblinds Z to compute N = r^(-1)Z = kX.
7. V outputs the pair H_2(x, N).
4.2.1. VOPRF_Blind
Input:
x - V's PRF input.
Output:
r - Random scalar in [1, p - 1].
M - Blinded representation of x using blind r, a point in GG.
Steps:
1. r <-$ GF(p)
2. M := rH_1(x)
5. Output (r, M)
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4.2.2. VOPRF_Sign
Input:
G: Public generator of group GG.
Y: Signer public key.
M - Point in GG.
Output:
Z - Scalar multiplication of k and M, point in GG.
D - DLEQ proof that log_G(Y) == log_M(Z).
Steps:
1. Z := kM
2. D = DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z)
2. Output (Z, D)
4.2.3. VOPRF_Unblind
Input:
G: Public generator of group GG.
Y: Signer public key.
M - Blinded representation of x using blind r, a point in GG.
Z - Point in GG.
D - D = DLEQ_Generate(G,Y,M,Z).
r - Random scalar in [1, p - 1].
Output:
N - Unblinded signature, point in GG.
Steps:
1. N := (-r)Z
2. If 1 = DLEQ_Verify(G,Y,M,Z,D), output N
3. Output "error"
4.2.4. VOPRF_Finalize
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Input:
x - PRF input string.
N - Point in GG, or "error".
Output:
y - Random element in {0,1}^L, or "error"
Steps:
1. If N == "error", output "error".
2. y := H_2(x, N)
3. Output y
5. NIZK Discrete Logarithm Equality Proof
In some cases, it may be desirable for the V to have proof that P
used its private key to compute Z from M. This is done by proving
log_G(Y) == log_M(Z). This may be used, for example, to ensure that
P uses the same private key for computing the VOPRF output and does
not attempt to "tag" individual verifiers with select keys. This
proof must not reveal the P's long-term private key to V.
Consequently, we extend the protocol in the previous section with a
(non-interactive) discrete logarithm equality (DLEQ) algorithm built
on a Chaum-Pedersen [ChaumPedersen] proof. This proof is divided
into two procedures: DLEQ_Generate and DLEQ_Verify. These are
specified below.
5.1. DLEQ_Generate
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Input:
G: Public generator of group GG.
Y: Signer public key.
M: Point in GG.
Z: Point in GG.
H_3: A hash function from GG to a bitstring of length L modeled as a random oracle.
Output:
D: DLEQ proof (c, s).
Steps:
1. r <-$ GF(p)
2. A = rG and B = rM.
2. c = H_3(G,Y,M,Z,A,B)
3. s = (r - ck) (mod p)
4. Output D = (c, s)
5.2. DLEQ_Verify
Input:
G: Public generator of group GG.
Y: Signer public key.
M: Point in GG.
Z: Point in GG.
D: DLEQ proof (c, s).
Output:
True if log_G(Y) == log_M(Z), False otherwise.
Steps:
1. A' = (sG + cY)
2. B' = (sM + cZ)
3. c' = H_3(G,Y,M,Z,A',B')
4. Output c == c'
5.3. Elliptic Curve Group and Hash Function Instantiations
This section specifies supported ECVOPRF group and hash function
instantiations. We focus on the instantiations of the VOPRF in the
elliptic curve setting for now. Eventually, we would like to provide
instantiations based on curves over non-prime-order base fields.
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ECVOPRF-P256-SHA256:
o G: P-256
o H_1: Simplified SWU encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA256
o H_3: SHA256
ECVOPRF-P256-SHA512:
o G: P-256
o H_1: Simplified SWU encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA512
o H_3: SHA512
ECVOPRF-P384-SHA256:
o G: P-384
o H_1: Icart encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA256
o H_3: SHA256
ECVOPRF-P384-SHA512:
o G: P-384
o H_1: Icart encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA512
o H_3: SHA512
ECVOPRF-CURVE25519-SHA256:
o G: Curve25519 [RFC7748]
o H_1: Elligator2 encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA256
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o H_3: SHA256
ECVOPRF-CURVE25519-SHA512:
o G: Curve25519 [RFC7748]
o H_1: Elligator2 encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA512
o H_3: SHA512
ECVOPRF-CURVE448-SHA256:
o G: Curve448 [RFC7748]
o H_1: Elligator2 encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA256
o H_3: SHA256
ECVOPRF-CURVE448-SHA512:
o G: Curve448 [RFC7748]
o H_1: Elligator2 encoding [I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
o H_2: SHA512
o H_3: SHA512
6. Security Considerations
Security of the protocol depends on P's secrecy of k. Best practices
recommend P regularly rotate k so as to keep its window of compromise
small. Moreover, it each key should be generated from a source of
safe, cryptographic randomness.
Another critical aspect of this protocol is reliance on
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve] for mapping arbitrary input to points
on a curve. Security requires this mapping be pre-image and
collision resistant.
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6.1. Timing Leaks
To ensure no information is leaked during protocol execution, all
operations that use secret data MUST be constant time. Operations
that SHOULD be constant time include: H_1() (hashing arbitrary
strings to curves) and DLEQ_Generate().
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve] describes various algorithms for
constant-time implementations of H_1.
6.2. Hashing to curves
We choose different encodings in relation to the elliptic curve that
is used, all methods are illuminated precisely in
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]. In summary, we use the simplified
Shallue-Woestijne-Ulas algorithm for hashing binary strings to the
P-256 curve; the Icart algorithm for hashing binary strings to P384;
the Elligator2 algorithm for hashing binary strings to CURVE25519 and
CURVE448.
7. Privacy Considerations
7.1. Key Consistency
DLEQ proofs are essential to the protocol to allow V to check that
P's designated private key was used in the computation. A side
effect of this property is that it prevents P from using unique key
for select verifiers as a way of "tagging" them. If all verifiers
expect use of a certain private key, e.g., by locating P's public key
key published from a trusted registry, then P cannot present unique
keys to an individual verifier.
8. Acknowledgements
This document resulted from the work of the Privacy Pass team
[PrivacyPass].
9. Normative References
[ChaumBlindSignature]
"Blind Signatures for Untraceable Payments", n.d.,
<http://sceweb.sce.uhcl.edu/yang/teaching/
csci5234WebSecurityFall2011/Chaum-blind-signatures.PDF>.
[ChaumPedersen]
"Wallet Databases with Observers", n.d.,
<https://chaum.com/publications/Wallet_Databases.pdf>.
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[DECAF] "Decaf, Eliminating cofactors through point compression",
n.d., <https://www.shiftleft.org/papers/decaf/decaf.pdf>.
[DGSTV18] "Privacy Pass, Bypassing Internet Challenges Anonymously",
n.d., <https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/
popets.2018.2018.issue-3/popets-2018-0026/popets-
2018-0026.xml>.
[I-D.irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve]
Scott, S., Sullivan, N., and C. Wood, "Hashing to Elliptic
Curves", draft-irtf-cfrg-hash-to-curve-01 (work in
progress), July 2018.
[JKK14] "Round-Optimal Password-Protected Secret Sharing and
T-PAKE in the Password-Only model", n.d.,
<https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/650.pdf>.
[JKKX16] "Highly-Efficient and Composable Password-Protected Secret
Sharing (Or, How to Protect Your Bitcoin Wallet Online)",
n.d., <https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/144>.
[PrivacyPass]
"Privacy Pass", n.d., <https://github.com/privacypass/
challenge-bypass-server>.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC7748] Langley, A., Hamburg, M., and S. Turner, "Elliptic Curves
for Security", RFC 7748, DOI 10.17487/RFC7748, January
2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7748>.
[RFC8032] Josefsson, S. and I. Liusvaara, "Edwards-Curve Digital
Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)", RFC 8032,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8032, January 2017, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc8032>.
[RISTRETTO]
"The Ristretto Group", n.d., <https://ristretto.group/
ristretto.html>.
[SJKS17] "SPHINX, A Password Store that Perfectly Hides from
Itself", n.d.,
<http://webee.technion.ac.il/%7Ehugo/sphinx.pdf>.
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Appendix A. Test Vectors
This section includes test vectors for the primary ECVOPRF protocol,
excluding DLEQ output.
((TODO: add DLEQ vectors))
P-224
X: 0403cd8bc2f2f3c4c647e063627ca9c9ac246e3e3ec74ab76d32d3e999c522d60ff7aa1c8b0e4 \
X: 0403cd8bc2f2f3c4c647e063627ca9c9ac246e3e3ec74ab76d32d3e999c522d60ff7aa1c8b0e4
r: c4cf3c0b3a334f805d3ce3c3b4d007fbbdaf078a42a8cbdc833e54a9
M: 046b2b8482c36e65f87528415e210cff8561c1c8e07600a159893973365617ee2c1c33eb0662d \
M: 046b2b8482c36e65f87528415e210cff8561c1c8e07600a159893973365617ee2c1c33eb0662d
k: a364119e1c932a534a8d440fef2169a0e4c458d702eca56746655845
Z: 04ed11656b4981e39242b170025bf8d5314bef75006e6c4c9afcdb9a85e21fb5fcf9055eb95d3 \
Z: 04ed11656b4981e39242b170025bf8d5314bef75006e6c4c9afcdb9a85e21fb5fcf9055eb95d3
Y: 04fd80db5301a54ee2cbc688d47cbcae9eb84f5d246e3da3e2b03e9be228ed6c57a936b6b5faf \
Y: 04fd80db5301a54ee2cbc688d47cbcae9eb84f5d246e3da3e2b03e9be228ed6c57a936b6b5faf
P-224
X: 0429e41b7e1a58e178afc522d0fb4a6d17ae883e6fd439931cf1e81456ab7ed6445dbe0a231be \
X: 0429e41b7e1a58e178afc522d0fb4a6d17ae883e6fd439931cf1e81456ab7ed6445dbe0a231be
r: 86a27e1bd51ac91eae32089015bf903fe21da8d79725edcc4dc30566
M: 04d8c8ffaa92b21aa1cc6056710bd445371e8afebd9ef0530c68cd0d09536423f78382e4f6b20 \
M: 04d8c8ffaa92b21aa1cc6056710bd445371e8afebd9ef0530c68cd0d09536423f78382e4f6b20
k: ab449c896261dc3bd1f20d87272e6c8184a2252a439f0b3140078c3d
Z: 048ac9722189b596ffe5cb986332e89008361e68f77f12a931543f63eaa01fabf6f63d5d4b3b6 \
Z: 048ac9722189b596ffe5cb986332e89008361e68f77f12a931543f63eaa01fabf6f63d5d4b3b6
Y: 046e83dff2c9b6f9e88f1091f355ad6fa637bdbd829072411ea2d74a5bf3501ccf3bcc2789d48 \
Y: 046e83dff2c9b6f9e88f1091f355ad6fa637bdbd829072411ea2d74a5bf3501ccf3bcc2789d48
P-256
X: 041b0e84c521f8dcd530d59a692d4ffa1ca05b8ba7ce22a884a511f93919ac121cc91dd588228 \
X: 041b0e84c521f8dcd530d59a692d4ffa1ca05b8ba7ce22a884a511f93919ac121cc91dd588228
r: a3ec1dc3303a316fc06565ace0a8910da65cf498ea3884c4349b6c4fc9a2f99a
M: 04794c5a54236782088594ccdb1975e93b05ff742674cc400cb101f55c0f37e877c5ada0d72fb \
M: 04794c5a54236782088594ccdb1975e93b05ff742674cc400cb101f55c0f37e877c5ada0d72fb
k: 9c103b889808a8f4cb6d76ea8b634416a286be7fa4a14e94f1478ada7f172ec3
Z: 0484cfda0fdcba7693672fe5e78f4c429c096ece730789e8d00ec1f7be33a6515f186dcf7aa38 \
Z: 0484cfda0fdcba7693672fe5e78f4c429c096ece730789e8d00ec1f7be33a6515f186dcf7aa38
Y: 044ff2e31de9fda542c2c63314e2bce5ce2d5ccb8332dbe1115ff5740e5e60bb867994e196ead \
Y: 044ff2e31de9fda542c2c63314e2bce5ce2d5ccb8332dbe1115ff5740e5e60bb867994e196ead
P-256
X: 043ea9d81b99ac0db002ad2823f7cab28af18f83419cce6800f3d786cc00b6fd030858d073916 \
X: 043ea9d81b99ac0db002ad2823f7cab28af18f83419cce6800f3d786cc00b6fd030858d073916
r: ed7294b42792760825645b635e9d92ef5a3baa70879dd59fdb1802d4a44271b2
M: 04ec894e496d0297756a17365f866d9449e6ebc51852ab1ffa57bc29c843ef003b116f5ef1f60 \
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M: 04ec894e496d0297756a17365f866d9449e6ebc51852ab1ffa57bc29c843ef003b116f5ef1f60
k: a324338a7254415dbedcd1855abd2503b4e5268124358d014dac4fc2c722cd67
Z: 04a477c5fefd9bc6bcd8e893a1b0c6dc73b0bd23ebe952dcad810de73b8a99f5e1e216a833b32 \
Z: 04a477c5fefd9bc6bcd8e893a1b0c6dc73b0bd23ebe952dcad810de73b8a99f5e1e216a833b32
Y: 04ffe55e2a95a21e1605c1ed11ac6bea93f00fa15a6b27e90adad470ad27f0e0fe5b8607b4689 \
Y: 04ffe55e2a95a21e1605c1ed11ac6bea93f00fa15a6b27e90adad470ad27f0e0fe5b8607b4689
P-384
X: 04c0b51e5dcd6a309c77bb5720bf9850279e8142b6127952595ab9092578de810a13795bceff3 \
d358f0480a61469f17ad62ebaecd0f817c1e9c7d41d536ab410e7a2b5d7a7905d1bef5499b654b0e \
d358f0480a61469f17ad62ebaecd0f817c1e9c7d41d536ab410e7a2b5d7a7905d1bef5499b654b0e
r: 889b5e4812d683c4df735971240741ff869ccf77e10c2e97bef67d6fe6b8350abe59ec8fe2bfa \
r: 889b5e4812d683c4df735971240741ff869ccf77e10c2e97bef67d6fe6b8350abe59ec8fe2bfa
M: 044e2d86fa6e53ebba7f2a9b661a2de884a8ccc68e29b68586d517eb66e8b4b7dac334c6e769d \
485d672fac3a0311877572254754e318077aec3631208c6b503c5cdfe57716e1232da64cebe46f0d \
485d672fac3a0311877572254754e318077aec3631208c6b503c5cdfe57716e1232da64cebe46f0d
k: b8c854a33c8c564d0598b1ac179546acdccad671265cff1ea5a329279272e8d21c94b7e5b6bea \
k: b8c854a33c8c564d0598b1ac179546acdccad671265cff1ea5a329279272e8d21c94b7e5b6bea
Z: 047bf23eef00e83e6cb6fb9ade5e5995cf81abb8dc73a570ff4cb7be48f21281edfed9bf76cc2 \
88b35d2df615ff711ed2a1fb85cd0b22812438665cdd300039685b3f593f4b574f9e8b294982c2a2 \
88b35d2df615ff711ed2a1fb85cd0b22812438665cdd300039685b3f593f4b574f9e8b294982c2a2
Y: 04ab4886ecf7e489a0be8529ff4b537941c95ba4ce570db537dcfad5cabc064c43f1b0a1d1b89 \
101facd93f2f9a8b5f28431489be4664f446af8a51cc7c4221f633adb4f8f2f2a073dfd83ddf8d77 \
101facd93f2f9a8b5f28431489be4664f446af8a51cc7c4221f633adb4f8f2f2a073dfd83ddf8d77
P-384
X: 047511a846277a2009f37b3583f14c8ea3af17e3a146e0e737fdc1260b6d4a18ff01f21ec3bbc \
e39e1cade76d455feadc1bb16f65cd54042e1bc5aba1dee2434f59d00698a963b902148750240f8f \
e39e1cade76d455feadc1bb16f65cd54042e1bc5aba1dee2434f59d00698a963b902148750240f8f
r: e514ef9b3ea87eafdb78da48e642daa79f036ac00228997ab8da6ac198fb888cd2fec84d52010 \
r: e514ef9b3ea87eafdb78da48e642daa79f036ac00228997ab8da6ac198fb888cd2fec84d52010
M: 04fd9b68973b0fcefcf4458b4faa1c3815bdad8975b7fb0bfc4c1db7e3f169fb3a26ddabe1b25 \
c4a23cf8a2faeb12c18f06f2227e87ede6039f55a61ef0c89ca3c582e2864fe130ea0c709f92519d \
c4a23cf8a2faeb12c18f06f2227e87ede6039f55a61ef0c89ca3c582e2864fe130ea0c709f92519d
k: bcc73da3b2adace9c4f4c32eeadef57436c97f8d395614e78aa91523e1e5d7f551ebb55e87da2 \
k: bcc73da3b2adace9c4f4c32eeadef57436c97f8d395614e78aa91523e1e5d7f551ebb55e87da2
Z: 042d885d2945cde40e490dd8497975eaeb54e4e10c5986a9688c9de915b16cf43572fd155e159 \
9e2233a75056a72b54d30092e30bb2edc70e0d90da934c27362e0e6303bafae12f13bf3d5be322e6 \
9e2233a75056a72b54d30092e30bb2edc70e0d90da934c27362e0e6303bafae12f13bf3d5be322e6
Y: 044833fba4973c1c6eae6745850866ebbb23783ea0d4d8b867e2c93acb2f01fd3d36d9cb5c491 \
ff9440c8c8e325db326bf88ddf0ba6008158a67999e18cd378d701d1f8a6a7b088dc261c85b6a78b \
ff9440c8c8e325db326bf88ddf0ba6008158a67999e18cd378d701d1f8a6a7b088dc261c85b6a78b
P-521
X: 040039d290b20c604b5c59cb85dfacd90cbf9f5e275ee8c38a8ff80df0872e8e1dd214a9ec3b2 \
2c8d75bf634739afdc09acc342542abacf35bf2a6488d084825c5d96003be29e201e75c1b78667f5 \
a64cc7207722796b225b49edaaf457fcafff4f644252ebe8057291d317f30109f1526aacbfff2308 \
a64cc7207722796b225b49edaaf457fcafff4f644252ebe8057291d317f30109f1526aacbfff2308
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r: 010606612666705556ac3c28dde30f134e930b0c31bfc9715f0812e0b99f0212dc427e344cb97 \
r: 010606612666705556ac3c28dde30f134e930b0c31bfc9715f0812e0b99f0212dc427e344cb97
M: 040065366112a0598e4e5997e79e42f287f7202e5d956bef29890e963169d9eaab8d21501283c \
47dd37aca1710c8b5f456b1c044c8582ba6feef3edc997fecef7d4f40180ceb9bbbe3ab1907ea2d1 \
21ec00156848e04e323744d86444111fc09a21ca316df2cae925a0bb079d0faa2474ec8d5a96e6fa \
21ec00156848e04e323744d86444111fc09a21ca316df2cae925a0bb079d0faa2474ec8d5a96e6fa
k: 01297d92cfe6895269aa5406f2ba6cbfffbba66a11ab0db34655213624fa238c50e27177aea5d \
k: 01297d92cfe6895269aa5406f2ba6cbfffbba66a11ab0db34655213624fa238c50e27177aea5d
Z: 040151d2dc5290ebd47065680dcb4db350c4d81346680c5589f94acfb1e28418585e7f2cbfa11 \
5945d9f7b98157ea8c2ab190c6a47b939502c2f793b77ceff671f5e60086fdd1ebf960f29bf5d590 \
f8f7511d248df22d964637e2286adab4654991d338691f4673a006ff116e61afe65c914b27c3ef4c \
f8f7511d248df22d964637e2286adab4654991d338691f4673a006ff116e61afe65c914b27c3ef4c
Y: 04009534bd720bd4ebe703968a8496eec352711a81b7fe594a72ef318c2ce582b41880262a1c6 \
05079231de91e71b1301d1be4e9618e96081ccfd4f6cab92f52b860e01beec2c58cb01713e941035 \
adbe882ab4f3eaa31e27a96d210d35f6161b1487dd28d8da4a11a915182752b1450a89aad2a013c2 \
adbe882ab4f3eaa31e27a96d210d35f6161b1487dd28d8da4a11a915182752b1450a89aad2a013c2
P-521
X: 04012ea416842dfad169a9eb860b0af2af3c0140e1918ccd043650d83ad261633f20c5ca02c1b \
ffb857ab72814cf46cfc16ac9ba79887044709f72480358c4b990e46010a62336bb57b87b494b064 \
4d2b6a385f3d5b5da29e22cae33c624f561513a5e8e6669b4e99704c56157dde83994a3c0800a64b \
4d2b6a385f3d5b5da29e22cae33c624f561513a5e8e6669b4e99704c56157dde83994a3c0800a64b
r: 019d02efd97add5facc5defbb63fd74daaacda04ae7321abec0da1551b4cc980b8ce6855a28a1 \
r: 019d02efd97add5facc5defbb63fd74daaacda04ae7321abec0da1551b4cc980b8ce6855a28a1
M: 040066e3d0b5b9758c9288a725ce6724fdc3bd797a8222f07233897a5916dc167531ebc6a4710 \
cbb240684c9a02eb82214b009d636f24abb8e409e78ff1f02a1dbfb90069056693e96acd760887f9 \
6c9b1f487441b7142fb13a67deb7332194ff454b3aac89f9cf02c338dae69a700bd26844881e6106 \
6c9b1f487441b7142fb13a67deb7332194ff454b3aac89f9cf02c338dae69a700bd26844881e6106
k: 018eeea896de104bf1e772155836f6ceddab0b4c2e3e4c33ba08a6fd6db0291cfb15faff0b3c7 \
k: 018eeea896de104bf1e772155836f6ceddab0b4c2e3e4c33ba08a6fd6db0291cfb15faff0b3c7
Z: 04016825ea754324d5761ada130a1b87b03b5e2a6b0f403343925c67df39bbf85bc782909124d \
d297a1edfb049efa7ce61c626c0ad99d8cf462abcce1ee1967d8a355011e2c5a7ce621fc822a7d95 \
bf7359d938ee4a5c3431e7dd270b7fb6e95fda29cf460d89454763bb0db9b8b705503170a9ac1c7a \
bf7359d938ee4a5c3431e7dd270b7fb6e95fda29cf460d89454763bb0db9b8b705503170a9ac1c7a
Y: 04006b0413e2686c4bb62340706de7723471080093422f02dd125c3e72f3507b9200d11481468 \
74bbaa5b6108b834c892eeebab4e21f3707ee20c303ebc1e34fcd3c701f2171131ee7c5f07c1ccad \
240183d777181259761741343959d476bbc2591a1af0a516e6403a6b81423234746d7a2e8c2ce60a \
240183d777181259761741343959d476bbc2591a1af0a516e6403a6b81423234746d7a2e8c2ce60a
Appendix B. Applications
This section describes various applications of the VOPRF protocol.
B.1. Privacy Pass
This VOPRF protocol is used by Privacy Pass system to help Tor users
bypass CAPTCHA challenges. Their system works as follows. Client C
connects - through Tor - to an edge server E serving content. Upon
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receipt, E serves a CAPTCHA to C, who then solves the CAPTCHA and
supplies, in response, n blinded points. E verifies the CAPTCHA
response and, if valid, signs (at most) n blinded points, which are
then returned to C. When C attempts to connect to E again and is
prompted with a CAPTCHA, C uses one of the unblinded and signed
points, or tokens, to derive a shared symmetric key sk used to MAC
the CAPTCHA challenge. C sends the CAPTCHA, MAC, and token input x
to E, who can use x to derive sk and verify the CAPTCHA MAC. Thus,
each token is used at most once by the system.
The Privacy Pass implementation uses the P-256 instantiation of the
VOPRF protocol. For more details, see [DGSTV18].
B.2. Private Password Checker
In this application, let D be a collection of plaintext passwords
obtained by prover P. For each password p in D, P computes
VOPRF_Sign(H_1(p)), where H_1 is as described above, and stores the
result in a separate collection D'. P then publishes D' with Y, its
public key. If a client C wishes to query D' for a password p', it
runs the VOPRF protocol using p as input x to obtain output y. By
construction, y will be the signature of p hashed onto the curve. C
can then search D' for y to determine if there is a match.
Examples of such password checkers already exist, for example:
[JKKX16], [JKK14] and [SJKS17].
B.2.1. Parameter Commitments
For some applications, it may be desirable for P to bind tokens to
certain parameters, e.g., protocol versions, ciphersuites, etc. To
accomplish this, P should use a distinct scalar for each parameter
combination. Upon redemption of a token T from V, P can later verify
that T was generated using the scalar associated with the
corresponding parameters.
Authors' Addresses
Alex Davidson
ISG, Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham Hill
Twickenham, TW20 0EX
United Kingdom
Email: alex.davidson.2014@rhul.ac.uk
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Nick Sullivan
Cloudflare
101 Townsend St
San Francisco
United States of America
Email: nick@cloudflare.com
Christopher A. Wood
Apple Inc.
One Apple Park Way
Cupertino, California 95014
United States of America
Email: cawood@apple.com
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