Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtualizing a key hierarchy using a partially-oblivious pseudorandom function (P-OPRF)
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Application No.: US15926822Application Date: 2018-03-20
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Publication No.: US10887088B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Jason K. Resch , Hugo M. Krawczyk , Martin Schmatz , Mark D. Seaborn , Patricia Sagmeister
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C.
- Agent James Nock; Andrew D. Wright
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/00

Abstract:
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a communication system, a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory that is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations. The computing device processes an input value (e.g., associated with a key) based on a blinding key (e.g., homomorphic encryption) to generate a blinded value and generates an Oblivious Key Access Request (OKAR). The computing device transmits the OKAR to another computing device (e.g., associated with a Key Management System (KMS) service) and receives a blinded key therefrom that is based on a Partially-Oblivious Pseudorandom Function (P-OPRF). The computing device processes the blinded key based on the blinding key (e.g., homomorphic decryption) to generate the key (e.g., associated with the input value). In some examples, the computing device accesses secure information based on the key.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190296897A1 VIRTUALIZING A KEY HIERARCHY USING A PARTIALLY-OBLIVIOUS PSEUDORANDOM FUNCTION (P-OPRF) Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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