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- Title
- CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUANTUM-SAFE CRYPTOGRAPHY: HYBRID ENCRYPTION AND REDUCING THE T GATE COST OF AES.
- Creator
- Pham, Hai, Steinwandt, Rainer, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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Quantum cryptography offers a wonderful source for current and future research. The idea started in the early 1970s, and it continues to inspire work and development toward a popular goal, large-scale communication networks with strong security guarantees, based on quantum-mechanical properties. Quantum cryptography builds on the idea of exploiting physical properties to establish secure cryptographic operations. A particular quantum-based protocol has gathered interest in recent years for...
Show moreQuantum cryptography offers a wonderful source for current and future research. The idea started in the early 1970s, and it continues to inspire work and development toward a popular goal, large-scale communication networks with strong security guarantees, based on quantum-mechanical properties. Quantum cryptography builds on the idea of exploiting physical properties to establish secure cryptographic operations. A particular quantum-based protocol has gathered interest in recent years for its use of mesoscopic coherent states. The AlphaEta protocol has been designed to exploit properties of coherent states of light to transmit data securely over an optical channel. AlphaEta aims to draw security from the uncertainty of any measurement of the transmitted coherent states due to intrinsic quantum noise. We propose a framework to combine this protocol with classical preprocessing, taking into account error-correction for the optical channel and establishing a strong provable security guarantee. Integrating a state-of-the-art solution for fast authenticated encryption is straightforward, but in this case the security analysis requires heuristic reasoning.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013339
- Subject Headings
- Cryptography, Quantum computing, Algorithms, Mesoscopic coherent states
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Distinguishability of Public Keys and Experimental Validation: The McEliece Public-Keyed Cryptosystem.
- Creator
- Pham, Hai, Steinwandt, Rainer, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
- Abstract/Description
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As quantum computers continue to develop, they pose a threat to cryptography since many popular cryptosystems will be rendered vulnerable. This is because the security of most currently used asymmetric systems requires the computational hardness of the integer factorization problem, the discrete logarithm or the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem. However, there are still some cryptosystems that resist quantum computing. We will look at code-based cryptography in general and the...
Show moreAs quantum computers continue to develop, they pose a threat to cryptography since many popular cryptosystems will be rendered vulnerable. This is because the security of most currently used asymmetric systems requires the computational hardness of the integer factorization problem, the discrete logarithm or the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem. However, there are still some cryptosystems that resist quantum computing. We will look at code-based cryptography in general and the McEliece cryptosystem specifically. Our goal is to understand the structure behind the McEliece scheme, including the encryption and decryption processes, and what some advantages and disadvantages are that the system has to offer. In addition, using the results from Courtois, Finiasz, and Sendrier's paper in 2001, we will discuss a digital signature scheme based on the McEliece cryptosystem. We analyze one classical algebraic attack against the security analysis of the system based on the distinguishing problem whether the public key of the McEliece scheme is generated from a generating matrix of a binary Goppa code or a random binary matrix. The idea of the attack involves solving an algebraic system of equations and we examine the dimension of the solution space of the linearized system of equations. With the assistance from a paper in 2010 by Faugere, Gauthier-Umana, Otmani, Perret, Tillich, we will see the parameters needed for the intractability of the distinguishing problem.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004535, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004535
- Subject Headings
- Coding theory, Combinatorial analysis, Data encryption (Computer science), Data transmission systems -- Security measures, Information theory, McEliece, Robert J. -- Influence, Public key cryptography
- Format
- Document (PDF)
