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Information-Theoretic Distributed Point Functions with Shorter Keys

Cryptography and Security 2026-04-28 v1

Abstract

A t-private n-server Information-Theoretic Distributed Point Function ((t,n)-ITDPF) allows one to convert any point function f_{alpha,beta}(x): [N] -> G into n shares (secret keys), such that each server can compute an additive share of f_{alpha,beta}(x) with a key while any <= t servers learn absolutely no information about the function. This paper constructs a novel share conversion based on the private information retrieval (PIR) of Ghasemi, Kopparty, and Sudan (STOC 2025) and proposes a perfectly secure 1-private ITDPF with output group G = Z_p, where p can be any prime. Compared with the existing perfectly secure ITDPFs for the same output group, the proposed ITDPF is more efficient with asymptotically shorter secret keys.

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@article{arxiv.2604.24385,
  title  = {Information-Theoretic Distributed Point Functions with Shorter Keys},
  author = {Hang Deng and Liang Feng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24385},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, accepted by ISIT 2026

R2 v1 2026-07-01T12:37:05.495Z