A New Efficient Group Signature With Forward Security

A group signature scheme allows a group member to sign a message anonymously on behalf of the group. In case of a dispute, the group manager can reveal the actual identity of signer. In this paper, we propose a novel group signature satisfying the regular requirements. Furthermore, it also achieves the following advantages: (1) the size of signature is independent of the number of group members; (2) the group public key is constant; (3) Addition and Revocation of group members are convenient; (4) it enjoys forward security; (5) The total computation cost of signature and verification requires only 8 modular exponentiations. Hence, our scheme is very practical in many applications, especially for the dynamic large group applications. Povzetek: Predstavljena je nova shema skupinskega podpisa.