Multi-authority attribute based signature scheme suitable for distributed system.

This paper proposed a multi-authority attributed based signature scheme based on distributed ABE, which was suitable for distributed system. It compared with traditional schemes, our scheme allowed an arbitrary number of authorities to independently maintain attributes and distribute secret attribute keys. The master authority was responsible for the distribution of secret user keys, without need to supervise each attribute authority. Attribute authorities were responsible to verify whether a user is eligible of a specific attribute, and every attribute is associated with a single attribute authority. Our construction was very efficient, as it required only a small amount of pairing operations during sign and verification. Our scheme has a good flexibility, and has a great of practical value in practical applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]