Homomorphic evaluation including key switching, modulus switching, and dynamic noise management

• US 9,742,566 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, University of Bristol
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Gentry, Craig B., Halevi, Shai, Smart, Nigel P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Harris C
• Application Number:
  US15/008,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20160164676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 380277
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/24 Key scheduling, i.e. generating round keys or sub-keys for block encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/34 Encoding or coding, e.g. Huffman coding or error correction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/008 involving homomorphic encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0618 Block ciphers, i.e. encrypting groups of characters of a plain text message using fixed encryption transformation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/08 Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting key management in a packet data network H04L63/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0838 Key agreement, i.e. key establishment technique in which a shared key is derived by parties as a function of information contributed by, or associated with, each of these network architectures or network communication protocols for key exchange in a packet data network H04L63/061
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/16 the keys or algorithms being changed during operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/30 Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/38 Encryption being effected by mechanical apparatus, e.g. rotating cams, switches, keytape punchers

Abstract

Homomorphic evaluation of a function is performed on input ciphertext(s), which were encrypted using a public key of an encryption scheme that also includes multiple secret keys and multiple integer moduli. The homomorphic evaluation of the function includes performing operations(s) on the input ciphertexts. The function includes operation(s) including one or more of addition, multiplication, and automorphism. A key-switching transformation is performed on selected input ciphertext(s), and includes converting a first version of a selected ciphertext with respect to a first of the multiple secret keys and a first modulus to a second version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a second of the multiple secret keys and a second modulus, where the second modulus is an integer factor p times the first modulus, p>1. Each of the key switching transformations is performed prior to or after the operation(s) are evaluated. Results of the operation(s) are output.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

one or more memories comprising computer-readable program code; and

one or more processors,

wherein the one or more processors are configured, responsive to execution of the computer-readable program code, to cause the computer system to perform;

performing homomorphic evaluation of a function on one or more input ciphertexts, where the one or more input ciphertexts were encrypted using a public key of an encryption scheme that also comprises a plurality of secret keys and a plurality of moduli, where the moduli are integers, and where performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function comprises performing one or more operations on the input ciphertexts, and where the function comprises one or multiple operations comprising one or more of addition, multiplication, and automorphism;

performing a key-switching transformation on selected ones of the one or more input ciphertexts, where performing a key-switching transformation on a selected ciphertext comprises converting a first version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a first of the plurality of secret keys and a first modulus to a second version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a second of the plurality of secret keys and a second modulus, where the second modulus is an integer factor p times the first modulus, where p>

1,

where each of the key switching transformations is performed prior to or after the one or more operations are evaluated; and

outputting one or more results of the one or more operations.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured, responsive to execution of the computer-readable program code, to cause the computer system to perform:

subsequent to the key switching transformation, switching, using the second version of the selected ciphertext, the second modulus to a third modulus, which can be equal to or different from the first modulus, to determine a third version of the selected ciphertext with respect to the second secret key and the third modulus.

3. The computer system of claim 1, where the portion of the public key used for the performing the key switching transformation is a matrix W=W[ps′

→

s] modulo pq, where the matrix W is included in the public key, s′

is the first secret key, s is the second secret key, p is the integer factor, and q is a value of the first modulus.

4. The computer system of claim 3, where performing a key switching transformation comprises setting c=W·

c′

modulo pq, where c′

is the first version of the selected ciphertext and c is the second version of the selected ciphertext.

5. The computer system of claim 1, where the integer factor p is larger than q, where q is the first modulus.

6. The computer system of claim 1, where q is the first modulus, where performing the homomorphic evaluation further comprises, prior to performing the key switching transformation, decreasing a norm of the first version of the selected ciphertext, by representing every number in the selected ciphertext as a sum of a number d>

1 of smaller digits, and where the integer factor p is larger than q^1/d.

7. The computer system of claim 1, where performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function further comprises performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function in order to evaluate a circuit comprising a plurality of levels.

8. The computer system of claim 7, where performing homomorphic evaluation of a function further comprises performing homomorphic evaluation of multiple functions in order to evaluate the circuit.

17. The computer system of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more processors are further configured, responsive to execution of the computer-readable program code, to cause the computer system to perform;

receiving at the computer system a query from a requestor computer system;

the performing at the computer system homomorphic evaluation of the function and the performing the key-switching transformation are performed one or more times to evaluate a circuit using the query, the query corresponds to the input ciphertexts, and evaluation of the circuit produces one or more results; and

the one or more processors are further configured, responsive to execution of the computer-readable program code, to cause the computer system to perform;

sending the one or more results of the evaluation of the circuit to the requestor computer system.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein:

the computer system resides on the Internet;

the computer system comprises one or more communications components; and

the one or more processors are further configured, responsive to execution of the computer-readable program code, to cause the computer system to perform;

communicating by the computer system with the requestor computer system over the Internet using the one or more communications components.

9. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon;

code for performing homomorphic evaluation of a function on one or more input ciphertexts, where the one or more input ciphertexts were encrypted using a public key of an encryption scheme that also comprises a plurality of secret keys and a plurality of moduli, where the moduli are integers, and where performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function comprises performing one or more operations on the input ciphertexts, and where the function comprises one or multiple operations comprising one or more of addition, multiplication, and automorphism;

code for performing a key-switching transformation on selected ones of the one or more input ciphertexts, where performing a key-switching transformation on a selected ciphertext comprises converting a first version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a first of the plurality of secret keys and a first modulus to a second version of the selected ciphertext with respect to a second of the plurality of secret keys and a second modulus, where the second modulus is an integer factor p times the first modulus;

where p>

1, where each of the key switching transformations is performed prior to or after the one or more operations are evaluated; and

code for outputting one or more results of the one or more operations.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon:

code for, subsequent to the key switching transformation, switching, using the second version of the selected ciphertext, the second modulus to a third modulus, which can be equal to or different from the first modulus, to determine a third version of the selected ciphertext with respect to the second secret key and the third modulus.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, where the portion of the public key used for the performing the key switching transformation is a matrix W=W[ps′

→

s] modulo pq, where the matrix W is included in the public key, s′

is the first secret key, s is the second secret key, p is the integer factor, and q is a value of the first modulus.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, where performing a key switching transformation comprises setting c=W·

c′

modulo pq, where c′

is the first version of the selected ciphertext and c is the second version of the selected ciphertext.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, where the integer factor p is larger than q, where q is the first modulus.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, where q is the first modulus, where performing the homomorphic evaluation further comprises, prior to performing the key switching transformation, decreasing a norm of the first version of the selected ciphertext, by representing every number in the selected ciphertext as a sum of a number d>

1 of smaller digits, and where the integer factor p is larger than q^1/d.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, where performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function further comprises performing the homomorphic evaluation of the function in order to evaluate a circuit comprising a plurality of levels.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, where performing homomorphic evaluation of a function further comprises performing homomorphic evaluation of multiple functions in order to evaluate the circuit.

19. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein:

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon;

code for receiving at the computer system a query from a requestor computer system;

the performing at the computer system homomorphic evaluation of the function and the performing the key-switching transformation are performed one or more times to evaluate a circuit using the query, the query corresponds to the input ciphertexts, and evaluation of the circuit produces one or more results; and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon;

code for sending the one or more results of the evaluation of the circuit to the requestor computer system.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein:

the computer system resides on the Internet;

the computer system comprises one or more communications components; and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium further has stored thereon;

code for communicating by the computer system with the requestor computer system over the Internet using the one or more communications components.