Unlinkable Serial Transactions (1997)
| Venue: | Proceedings of Financial Cryptography |
| Citations: | 24 - 7 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Syverson97unlinkableserial,
author = {Paul F. Syverson and Stuart G. Stubblebine and David M. Goldschlag and David M. Goldschlag},
title = {Unlinkable Serial Transactions},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Financial Cryptography},
year = {1997},
pages = {39--55},
publisher = {Springer-Verlag}
}
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Abstract
. We present a protocol for unlinkable serial transactions suitable for a variety of network-based subscription services. The protocol prevents the service from tracking the behavior of its customers while protecting the service vendor from abuse due to simultaneous or "cloned" usage from a single subscription. We present variants of the protocol supporting pay-per-use transactions within a subscription. We describe other applications including third-party subscription management, multivendor package sales, proof of group membership, and voter registration. 1 Introduction This paper is motivated by an apparent conflict of interest concerning the privacy of information in an electronic exchange. Commercial service providers would like to be sure that they are paid for their services and protected from abuse due to simultaneous or "cloned" usage from a single subscription. To this end they have an interest in keeping a close eye on customer behavior. On the other hand customers have an ...
