Open AlZotova opened 2 years ago
I've written extensively about Helios (https://bensmyth.com/publications.php) in works such as:
Ben Smyth (2021) Ballot secrecy: Security definition, sufficient conditions, and analysis of Helios. Journal of Computer Security, 29(6), https://bensmyth.com/publications/2015-ballot-secrecy/
There's a high-level description of encryption, homomorphically combining ciphertexts, and decryption in Sidebar 2 (p14). In Definition 23, more technical details are provided, including a description of ballot construction where votes are encrypted (p41) and tallying where ballots are homomorphically combined and decrypted (p42).
For sourcecode, see https://github.com/benadida/helios-server/blob/master/helios/crypto/algs.py
Thanks, good info @BenSmyth! I think we can close this now.
Hello, please tell me how homomorphic encryption works in this system. At what point is the information encrypted and how does the decryption take place