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A survey of the studies on secure electronic auction

WANG Ji-lin;CHEN Xiao-feng;WANG Yu-min

  

  1. (State Key Lab. of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian Univ., Xi'an 710071, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2003-02-20 Published:2003-02-20

Abstract: Electronic auction is one of the basic businesses in electronic commence. The protection of the bidder privacy and the prevention of bidder default are the key to the designing of the secure electronic auction scheme, and also problems that need to be urgently solved in the existing auction systems. This paper surveys the developments of the study on the secure electronic auction scheme. Techniques widely used in this area are introduced. Objectives of the scheme design are generalized and some typical schemes are reviewed. Finally, some problems that need to be studied further are proposed.

Key words: secure electronic auction, group blind signature, bidder anonymity, bid secrecy

CLC Number: 

  • TN918