A practical approach to a secure e-will system in the R.O.C.

Kwangwoo Lee, Dongho Won, Seungjoo Kim

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Abstract

Chien et al. (2009) proposed an e-will system on the Internet using an identity-based cryptosystem. They claimed that their e-will system was secure enough to be used in practice since their system conforms to R.O.C. (Taiwan) Civil Law. However, we found several problems of Chien et al.'s scheme. First, the Trust Authority knows or can easily compute the user's private key. Therefore, it does not provide the non-repudiation property and it does not conform to the Electronic Signatures Act and the relevant regulations in the R.O.C. (Taiwan) government. Second, their scheme does not provide any long-term validation method of digital signatures. Therefore, we may fail to check the validity of the testator's will after death. To solve these problems, we propose a novel e-will system based on Government Public Key Infrastructure (GPKI) that can be used in practice.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2010 - Sanya, China
Duration: 2010 Dec 162010 Dec 18

Publication series

Name2010 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2010

Other

Other5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, CUTE 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period10/12/1610/12/18

Keywords

  • E-will system
  • Living will
  • Long-term validation
  • Public key infrastructure
  • R.O.C. civil law

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems

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