Forging a winning bid in Mu-Varadharajan’s e-auction

Part of : WSEAS transactions on business and economics ; Vol.5, No.1, 2008, pages 1-8

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Mu and Varadharajan proposed an important sealed bid e-auction scheme that protects even thewinner’s real identity and secures the fair exchange of electronic goods and electronic payment. This paperpresents the forgery attack on the Mu-Varaharajan’s scheme: an attacker can easily forge valid bids and win theauction without any payment. The improvements to conquer the weaknesses are then presented.
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cryptography, auction, verifiable encryption, knowledge proof
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