Single Server Private Information Retrieval Protocols With Codes Over Rings
Information Theory
2024-01-01 v3 math.IT
Abstract
A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol based on coding theory for a single server is proposed. It provides computational security against linear algebra attacks, addressing the main drawback of previous PIR proposals based on coding theory. The approach involves two types of codes each one over a different ring, an inner non-free linear code that will be used as a distinguisher of some elements added to the query matrix, and an outer code that will be used for generating the query matrix. Moreover, it only uses modular arithmetic at the server level and the recovering stage if the base ring chosen for the inner code is .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2311.04688,
title = {Single Server Private Information Retrieval Protocols With Codes Over Rings},
author = {Şeyma Bodur and Edgar Martínez-Moro and Diego Ruano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.04688},
year = {2024}
}