An improved t-out-of-n e-lottery protocol

作者:Liu, Y.; Lin, D.; Cheng, C.*; Chen, H.; Jiang, T.
来源:International Journal of Communication Systems, 2014, 27(11): 3223-3231.
DOI:10.1002/dac.2536

摘要

In 2009, Lee and Chang proposed an electronic t-out-of-n lottery protocol over the Internet based on the Chinese remainder theorem and blind signature. However, a security flaw exists in Lee-Chang's protocol that the lottery agent and the malicious purchaser can collude to control the winning result, which is unfair for the honest participants. On the basis of a verifiable random number generated by using the Lagrange interpolation formula over a finite field, an improved t-out-of-n e-lottery protocol is proposed, which guarantees that each participant can generate the winning result equally. The improved protocol achieves public verifiability and fairness without a trusted third party and a delaying function, which makes it more robust and more efficient.