Title
A t-private k-database information retrieval scheme
Abstract
A private information retrieval scheme enables a user to privately recover an item from a public accessible database. In this paper we present a private information retrieval scheme for k replicated databases. The scheme is information-theoretic secure for coalitions of databases of size t≤k-1. It improves the communication complexity of the scheme described in [Ishai and Kushilevitz (1999) Proc 31st Annu ACM Symp Theory Comput pp 79---88] for coalitions of size $$\\tfrac{k}{2} \\leqslant t \\leqslant k - 1$$.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1007/s102070100005
Int. J. Inf. Sec.
Keywords
Field
DocType
protocols,privacy,unconditional security,key words: privacy --- protocols --- unconditional security,information theoretic security,communication complexity,private information retrieval,information retrieval
Information retrieval,Computer science,Communication complexity,Theoretical computer science,Private information retrieval,Database
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
1
1
1615-5262
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.40
16
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlo Blundo11901229.50
Paolo D’Arco2886.04
Alfredo De Santis34049501.27