# emp-ot
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Protocols
=====
This repo contains state-of-the-art OT implementations. Include two base OTs, IKNP OT extension and Ferret OT extension. All hash functions used for OTs are implemented with [MiTCCR](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-tool/blob/master/emp-tool/utils/mitccrh.h#L8) for optimal concrete security.
Installation
=====
1. `wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emp-toolkit/emp-readme/master/scripts/install.py`
2. `python install.py --install --tool --ot`
1. You can use `--ot=[release]` to install a particular branch or release
2. By default it will build for Release. `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[Release|Debug]` option is also available.
3. No sudo? Change [`CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v2.8.8/cmake.html#variable%3aCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
Test
=====
Testing on localhost
-----
`./run ./bin/[binary] logn`
with `[binary]=ot` for common OT functionalities, `[binary]=ferret` for ferret specific functionalities, `logn` as the log(number of OT). The script `run` will locally open two programs.
Testing on two
-----
1. Change the IP address in the test code (e.g. [here](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/test/ot.cpp))
2. run `./bin/[binary] 1 [port] logn` on one machine and
run `./bin/[binary] 2 [port] logn` on the other machine.
Performance
=====
All tested between two AWS c5.4xlarge instances.
## IKNP-style protocols
```
50 Mbps
128 NPOTs: Tests passed. 12577 us
Passive IKNP OT Tests passed. 129262 OTps
Passive IKNP COT Tests passed. 388316 OTps
Passive IKNP ROT Tests passed. 386190 OTps
128 COOTs: Tests passed. 11073 us
Active IKNP OT Tests passed. 129152 OTps
Active IKNP COT Tests passed. 387380 OTps
Active IKNP ROT Tests passed. 385235 OTps
10 Gbps
128 NPOTs: Tests passed. 11739 us
Passive IKNP OT Tests passed. 1.55476e+07 OTps
Passive IKNP COT Tests passed. 2.96661e+07 OTps
Passive IKNP ROT Tests passed. 1.65765e+07 OTps
128 COOTs: Tests passed. 20064 us
Active IKNP OT Tests passed. 1.39589e+07 OTps
Active IKNP COT Tests passed. 2.42705e+07 OTps
Active IKNP ROT Tests passed. 1.47379e+07 OTps
```
## Ferret protocols
(unit: million random correlated OT per second)
### Semi-honest
bandwidth |10 Mbps|30 Mbps|50 Mbps
------------------|-------|-------|-------
1 thread |12.1 |16.0 |16.0
2 threads |16.3 |27.0 |30.8
3 threads |18.3 |34.2 |40.7
4 threads |19.7 |39.5 |48.8
5 threads |20.5 |43.2 |55.0
6 threads |21.4 |47.1 |61.2
### Malicious
bandwidth |10 Mbps|30 Mbps|50 Mbps
------------------|-------|-------|-------|
1 thread |11.6 |13.9 |13.9
2 threads |16.0 |26.6 |27.1
3 threads |18.3 |33.8 |40.0
4 threads |19.6 |38.3 |47.4
5 threads |20.4 |42.4 |53.7
6 threads |21.3 |46.5 |59.8
Usage
=====
Our test files already provides useful sample code. Here we provide an overview.
Standard OT
-----
```cpp
#include // for NetIO, etc
#include // for OTs
block b0[length], b1[length];
bool c[length];
NetIO io(party==ALICE ? nullptr:"127.0.0.1", port); // Create a network with Bob connecting to 127.0.0.1
OTNP np(&io); // create a Naor Pinkas OT using the network above
if (party == ALICE)
// ALICE is sender, with b0[i] and b1[i] as messages to send
np.send(b0, b1, length);
else
// Bob is receiver, with c[i] as the choice bit
// and obtains b0[i] if c[i]==0 and b1[i] if c[i]==1
np.recv(b0, c, length);
```
Note that `NPOT` can be replaced to `OTCO`, `IKNP`, or `FerretCOT` without changing any other part of the code. They all share the same [API](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/emp-ot/ot.h)
(Random) correlated OT
-----
Random correlated OT is supported for `IKNP` and `FerretCOT`. See following as an example. They all share extra [APIs](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/emp-ot/cot.h) The current interface allows specifying the Delta value once
and get COT correlation in multiple batches.
```cpp
IKNP ote(&io, false); // create a semi honest OT extension
//Correlated OT
if (party == ALICE)
ote.send_cot(b0, length); //ote.Delta is the correlation
else
ote.recv_cot(br, c, length); //br[i] = b0[i]\xor c[i]*ote.Delta
//Random OT
if (party == ALICE)
ote.send_rot(b0, b1, length);
else
ote.recv_rot(br, c, length); //br[i] = c[i] ? b1[i] : b0[i]
```
Ferret OT
-----
Ferret OT produces correlated OT with random choice bits (rcot). Extra APIs are [here](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/emp-ot/ferret/ferret_cot.h). Our implementation provides two interface `ferretot.rcot()` and `ferretot.rcot_inplace()`. While the first one support filling an external array of any length, an extra memcpy is needed. The second option work on the provided array directly and thus avoid the memcpy. However, it produces a fixed number of OTs (`ferretcot->n`) for every invocation. The [sample code](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/test/ferret.cpp#L7) is mostly self-explainable on how to use it.
Note that the choice bit is embedded to the least bit of the `block` on the receiver's side. To make sure the correlation works for all bits, the least bit of Delta is 1. This can be viewed as an extension of the point-and-permute technique. See [this code](https://github.com/emp-toolkit/emp-ot/blob/master/emp-ot/ferret/ferret_cot.hpp#L211) on how ferret is used to fullfil standard `cot` interface.
```cpp
FerretCOT ferretcot(party, threads, ios);
if (party == ALICE)
ferretcot.rcot(b0, length); //ote.Delta is the correlation
else
ferretcot.rcot(br, length); //br[i] = b0[i] \xor LSB(br[i]) * ferretcot.Delta
```
Citation
=====
```latex
@misc{emp-toolkit,
author = {Xiao Wang and Alex J. Malozemoff and Jonathan Katz},
title = {{EMP-toolkit: Efficient MultiParty computation toolkit}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/emp-toolkit}},
year={2016}
}
```
Question
=====
Please send email to wangxiao@cs.northwestern.edu. Ferret is also developed and maintained by Chenkai Weng (ckweng@u.northwestern.edu).
## Acknowledgement
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Awards #1111599 and #1563722. The Ferret implementation is partially based upon work supported by DARPA under Contract No. HR001120C0087. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of DARPA. The authors would also like to thank the support from PlatON Network and Facebook.