Querying Databases Privately: A New Approach to Private Information Retrieval

Dmitri Asonov (auth.)3540224416, 9783540224419, 9783540277705

The Internet and the worldwide web play an increasingly important role in our private and professional activities, for example in accessing information about cultural, political, economical, medical or scientific information. Many people assume that they can access such information privately.

This book addresses the topic of querying information privately in a systematic and comprehensive way, developing practical solutions in the context of database systems. Based on thorough theoretical analyses, the author develops concepts for solutions of real-world settings, in particular for scalable database systems.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
1 Introduction….Pages 3-10
2 Related Work….Pages 11-20
Front Matter….Pages 21-21
3 PIR with O (1) Query Response Time and O (1) Communication….Pages 23-35
4 Improving Processing and Preprocessing Complexity….Pages 37-47
5 Experimental Analysis of Shuffling Algorithms….Pages 49-55
Front Matter….Pages 57-57
6 Repudiative Information Retrieval….Pages 59-75
7 Digital Rights Management for PIR….Pages 77-97
Front Matter….Pages 99-99
8 Conclusion and Future Work….Pages 101-105
References….Pages 107-113
Index….Pages 115-115
Back Matter….Pages –