Research Article

A CP-ABE Scheme Supporting Arithmetic Span Programs

Table 1

Development of ABE about access structure.

SchemeAccess policyAccess structureParameterSecurity

[1]KPAND and OR gatesNot constantSelective
[2]KPInner productNot constantSelective
[3]CPThresholdConstant
[4]KPInner productConstantAdaptive
[5]KPNonmonotonicConstantSelective
[6]BothThresholdConstantAdaptive
[7]Arithmetic span programs
[10]KPArithmetic span programsConstantAdaptive
OurCPArithmetic span programsConstantAdaptive

①: the security of the scheme against selectively chosen plaintext attacks can be proven in the standard model; ②: this paper did not give a specific scheme (just a framework).