Sebastian H. Faller

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6ranked-venue papers
3as first author
6since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0005-4126-3098ORCID · reported

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Security and privacy · 6 · 3 first-author · 6 since 2021
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 Combining Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions
Sebastian H. Faller, Marc Fischlin, Julius Hardt, Julia Hesse
EUROCRYPT (2)1
2025 The 2Hash OPRF Framework and Efficient Post-quantum Instantiations
Ward Beullens, Lucas Dodgson, Sebastian H. Faller, Julia Hesse
EUROCRYPT (8)3
2024 Password-Protected Key Retrieval with(out) HSM Protection
abstract
Password-protected key retrieval (PPKR) enables users to store and retrieve high-entropy keys from a server securely. The process is bootstrapped from a human-memorizable password only, addressing the challenge of how end-users can manage cryptographic key material. The core security requirement is protection against a corrupt server, which should not be able to learn the key or offline- attack it through the password protection. PPKR is deployed at a large scale with the WhatsApp Backup Protocol (WBP), allowing users to access their encrypted messaging history when switching to a new device. Davies et al. (Crypto'23) formally analyzed the WBP, proving that it satisfies most of the desired security. The WBP uses the OPAQUE protocol for password-based key exchange as a building block and relies on the server using a hardware security module (HSM) for most of its protection. In fact, the security analysis assumes that the HSM is incorruptible - rendering most of the heavy cryptography in the WBP obsolete.
Sebastian H. Faller, Tobias Handirk, Julia Hesse, Máté Horváth, Anja Lehmann
CCS1
2023 Generalized Fuzzy Password-Authenticated Key Exchange from Error Correcting Codes
Jonathan Bootle, Sebastian H. Faller, Julia Hesse, Kristina Hostáková, Johannes Ottenhues
ASIACRYPT (8)2
2023 Security Analysis of the WhatsApp End-to-End Encrypted Backup Protocol
Gareth T. Davies, Sebastian H. Faller, Kai Gellert, Tobias Handirk, Julia Hesse, Máté Horváth, Tibor Jager
CRYPTO (4)2
2021 Black-Box Accumulation Based on Lattices
Sebastian H. Faller, Pascal Baumer, Michael Klooß, Alexander Koch 0001, Astrid Ottenhues, Markus Raiber
IMACC1