EDBT 2026 Demo / reviewers in the wild / expert
Opal Wright
dblp:348/5993
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2023
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Security and privacy · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Network and information security
1 paper |
Cryptographic protocols and secure computation · 93% Blockchain and cryptocurrency security · 7% |
Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cryptographic protocols and secure computation
fiat-shamir transform |
0.7 | 1 | 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems · SP 2023 |
Cryptographic protocols and secure computation › proof systems
knowledge soundness |
0.7 | 1 | 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems · SP 2023 |
Cryptographic protocols and secure computation
proof systems |
0.7 | 1 | 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems · SP 2023 |
Cryptographic protocols and secure computation › proof systems
zero-knowledge proofs |
0.7 | 1 | 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems · SP 2023 |
Blockchain and cryptocurrency security
smart contract security |
0.2 | 1 | 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof Systems · SP 2023 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
knowledge soundness proof · 0.7fiat-shamir transformation · 0.7
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Weak Fiat-Shamir Attacks on Modern Proof SystemsabstractA flurry of excitement amongst researchers and practitioners has produced modern proof systems built using novel technical ideas and seeing rapid deployment, especially in cryptocurrencies. Most of these modern proof systems use the Fiat-Shamir (F-S) transformation, a seminal method of removing interaction from a protocol with a public-coin verifier. Some prior work has shown that incorrectly applying F-S (i.e., using the so-called "weak" F-S transformation) can lead to breaks of classic protocols like Schnorr’s discrete log proof; however, little is known about the risks of applying F-S incorrectly for modern proof systems seeing deployment today.In this paper, we fill this knowledge gap via a broad theoretical and practical study of F-S in implementations of modern proof systems. We perform a survey of open-source implementations and find 30 weak F-S implementations affecting 12 different proof systems. For four of these—Bulletproofs, Plonk, Spartan, and Wesolowski’s VDF—we develop novel knowledge soundness attacks accompanied by rigorous proofs of their efficacy. We perform case studies of applications that use vulnerable implementations, and demonstrate that a weak F-S vulnerability could have led to the creation of unlimited currency in a private smart contract platform. Finally, we discuss possible mitigations and takeaways for academics and practitioners. Quang Dao, Jim Miller, Opal Wright, Paul Grubbs |
SP | 3 |