Title
XPIRe: Private Information Retrieval for Everyone.
Abstract
A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) scheme is a protocol in which a user retrieves a record from a database while hiding which from the database administrators. PIR can be achieved using mutually-distrustful replicated databases, trusted hardware, or cryptography. In this paper we focus on the later setting which is known as single-database computationally-Private Information Retrieval (cPIR). Classic cPIR protocols require that the database server executes an algorithm over all the database content at very low speeds which impairs their usage. In [1], given certain assumptions , realistic at the time, Sion and Carbunar showed that cPIR schemes were not practical and most likely would never be. To this day, this conclusion is widely accepted by researchers and practitioners. Using the paradigm shift introduced by lattice-based cryptography , we show that the conclusion of Sion and Carbunar is not valid anymore: cPIR is of practical value. This is achieved without compromising security, using standard crytosystems, and conservative parameter choices.
Year
Venue
DocType
2016
PoPETs
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
2016
2
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlos Aguilar Melchor126620.27
Joris Barrier2231.14
Laurent Fousse300.34
Marc-Olivier Killijian400.68