IP Library Granted Patent US 10,951,415
Granted Patent B2
US 10,951,415 · App. 16/352,546 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

System, method, and computer program product for implementing zero round trip secure communications based on noisy secrets with a polynomial secret sharing scheme

Inventors: Serguei Velikevitch (Richmond Hill, CA); Alexander Sherkin (Vaughan, CA)
Assignee: DIGITAL 14 LLC
H04L9/3242H04L9/088H04L9/0822H04L9/3026
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Patent No.
US 10,951,415
App. No.
16/352,546
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Zero round trip secure communications is implemented based on noisy secrets with a polynomial secret sharing scheme. A sender identifies two negotiated noisy secrets associated with an encrypted message to send to a receiver system. The sender utilizes a first negotiated noisy secret for sub-key selection, and generates a secret polynomial using Shamir's polynomial-based secret sharing scheme with N positive integer points and a message key as a secret. The sender divides the first negotiated noisy secret into a plurality of sub-keys, and divides a second negotiated noisy secret into test blocks of a length equivalent to a length of a sub-key. The sender utilizes each of the plurality sub-keys for encrypting a corresponding test block along with one unique point of the secret polynomial. Moreover, the sender sends all encrypted test blocks and corresponding encrypted points of the secret polynomial to the receiver with the encrypted message.

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, by a sender device, two negotiated noisy secrets associated with an encrypted message to send to a receiver device;

utilizing, by the sender device, a first negotiated noisy secret for sub-key selection;

generating, by the sender device, a secret polynomial using Shamir's polynomial-based secret sharing scheme with N points, where N is a positive integer, and a message key as a secret;

dividing, by the sender device, the first negotiated noisy secret into a plurality of sub-keys;

dividing, by the sender device, a second negotiated noisy secret into test blocks of a length equivalent to a length of a sub-key;

utilizing, by the sender device, each of the plurality sub-keys for encrypting a corresponding test block along with one unique point of the secret polynomial; and

sending, by the sender device, all encrypted test blocks and corresponding encrypted points of the secret polynomial to the receiver device with the encrypted message;

wherein the receiver device utilizes the second negotiated noisy secret for sub-key validity testing;

wherein the receiver device finds M noiseless sub-key candidates, where M is a positive integer, by decrypting the encrypted test blocks and comparing the encrypted test blocks with corresponding test blocks obtained from the second negotiated noisy secret by the receiver device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiver device decrypts the N points of the secret polynomial with the M noiseless sub-key candidates.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the receiver device converts the secret polynomial into the secret message key.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the receiver device eliminates false positives by testing the secret message key using a special hardcoded message authentication code (MAC).

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the receiver device tests the secret message key using a full encrypted message MAC.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

identifying, by a sender device, two negotiated noisy secrets associated with an encrypted message to send to a receiver device;

utilizing, by the sender device, a first negotiated noisy secret for sub-key selection;

generating, by the sender device, a secret polynomial using Shamir's polynomial-based secret sharing scheme with N points, where N is a positive integer, and a message key as a secret;

dividing, by the sender device, the first negotiated noisy secret into a plurality of sub-keys;

dividing, by the sender device, a second negotiated noisy secret into test blocks of a length equivalent to a length of a sub-key;

utilizing, by the sender device, each of the plurality sub-keys for encrypting a corresponding test block along with one unique point of the secret polynomial; and

sending, by the sender device, all encrypted test blocks and corresponding encrypted points of the secret polynomial to the receiver device with the encrypted message;

wherein the receiver device utilizes the second negotiated noisy secret for sub-key validity testing;

wherein the receiver device finds M noiseless sub-key candidates, where M is a positive integer, by decrypting the encrypted test blocks and comparing the encrypted test blocks with corresponding test blocks obtained from the second negotiated noisy secret by the receiver device.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the receiver device decrypts the N points of the secret polynomial with the M noiseless sub-key candidates.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the receiver device converts the secret polynomial into the secret message key.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the receiver device eliminates false positives by testing the secret message key using a special hardcoded message authentication code (MAC).

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the receiver device tests the secret message key using a full encrypted message MAC.

11. A sender device, comprising:

a memory storing instructions, and

a computer processor executing the instructions for:

identifying two negotiated noisy secrets associated with an encrypted message to send to a receiver device;

utilizing a first negotiated noisy secret for sub-key selection;

generating a secret polynomial using Shamir's polynomial-based secret sharing scheme with N points, where N is a positive integer, and a message key as a secret;

dividing the first negotiated noisy secret into a plurality of sub-keys;

dividing a second negotiated noisy secret into test blocks of a length equivalent to a length of a sub-key;

utilizing each of the plurality sub-keys for encrypting a corresponding test block along with one unique point of the secret polynomial; and

sending all encrypted test blocks and corresponding encrypted points of the secret polynomial to the receiver device with the encrypted message;

wherein the receiver device utilizes the second negotiated noisy secret for sub-key validity testing;

wherein the receiver device finds M noiseless sub-key candidates, where M is a positive integer, by decrypting the encrypted test blocks and comparing the encrypted test blocks with corresponding test blocks obtained from the second negotiated noisy secret by the receiver device.

12. The sender device of claim 11 , wherein the receiver device decrypts the N points of the secret polynomial with the M noiseless sub-key candidates.

13. The sender device of claim 12 , wherein the receiver device converts the secret polynomial into the secret message key.

14. The sender device of claim 13 , wherein the receiver device eliminates false positives by testing the secret message key using a special hardcoded message authentication code (MAC).

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 7, 2025
From: DIGITAL 14 - L.L.C.
To: KATIM L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 072834/0247 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2020
From: DARK MATTER LLC
To: DIGITAL 14 LLC
Reel/Frame 052089/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: VELIKEVITCH, SERGUEI; SHERKIN, ALEXANDER
To: DARK MATTER L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 049011/0277 →
Continuity (1)
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