Northeastern University received a $240,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The award will support research from May 2023 through April 2026 to design efficient revocation mechanisms for the web public key infrastructure using cryptographic accumulators. The research aims to improve practicality and reach of revocation for transport layer security certificates and code-signing certificates. The project will also address privacy issues in checking revocation and designing solutions for internet-of-things connected communities. Key activities include developing fundamental cryptographic building blocks like accumulators and zero-knowledge proofs, implementing and evaluating proposed protocols, and integrating results into real systems to test performance.
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