Research Article

Public Key Encryption with Authorized Equality Test on Outsourced Ciphertexts for Cloud-Assisted IoT in Dual Server Model

Table 1

Notations.

SymbolMeaning

Security parameter
Cyclic groups of prime order satisfying bilinear pairing
Cryptographic hash functions
A generator of
Private key of user
Public key of user
Public key of primary server
Secret key of primary server
Public key of secondary server
Secret key of secondary server
Random elements in
Ciphertext of message
Authentication of user in ciphertext format
Authentications of users and
Intermediate result of equality test
Temporary elements for computing