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Functional encryption

Functional encryption (FE) is a generalization of public-key encryption in which possessing a secret key allows one to learn a function of what the ciphertext is encrypting.

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Derived from
Public-key encryption
Designers
Amit Sahai, Brent Waters, Dan Boneh, Shafi Goldwasser, Yael Kalai
Related to
Homomorphic encryption

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Functional encryption

Nodes13
Edges12
Triples21
Avg. degree1.85
Density0.153846
Components1

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Functional encryption

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has application · 6
Functional encryption → ABE, Functional, IBE, Identity-based, In, Similarly
related to history · 6
Functional encryption → Amit Sahai, Brent Waters, Dan Boneh, Functional, In, Until
related to Formal definition · 5
Functional encryption → Dec, Enc, Keygen, More, Setup
Derived from · 1
Functional encryption → Public-key encryption
Designers · 1
Functional encryption → Amit Sahai, Brent Waters, Dan Boneh, Shafi Goldwasser, Yael Kalai
Related to · 1
Functional encryption → Homomorphic encryption

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Functional encryptionDerived fromPublic-key encryption1.00infobox
Functional encryptionDesignersAmit Sahai, Brent Waters, Dan Boneh, Shafi Goldwasser, Yael Kalai1.00infobox
Functional encryptionRelated toHomomorphic encryption1.00infobox
boolean formulaeinstance ofmost instantiations of Functional Encryption supported only limited function classes0.80text
Functional encryptionhas applicationFunctional0.60section
Functional encryptionhas applicationIdentity-based0.60section
Functional encryptionhas applicationIBE0.60section
Functional encryptionhas applicationABE0.60section
Functional encryptionhas applicationIn0.60section
Functional encryptionhas applicationSimilarly0.60section
Functional encryptionrelated to Formal definitionMore0.60section
Functional encryptionrelated to Formal definitionSetup0.60section

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