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In this paper we show that it is possible to extend the framework of Persichetti's code-based framework and create a secure KEM based on the McEliece protocol. This provides greater flexibility in the application of coding theory as a basis…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-02-15 Edoardo Persichetti

In this paper we address the problem of decoding linearized Reed-Solomon (LRS) codes beyond their unique decoding radius. We analyze the complexity in order to evaluate if the considered problem is of cryptographic relevance, i.e., can be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-08 Thomas Jerkovits , Hannes Bartz , Antonia Wachter-Zeh

The Code Equivalence problem is that of determining whether two given linear codes are equivalent to each other up to a permutation of the coordinates. This problem has a direct reduction to a nonabelian hidden subgroup problem (HSP),…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-11-21 Hang Dinh , Cristopher Moore , Alexander Russell

In recent years, the elliptic curve Qu-Vanstone (ECQV) implicit certificate scheme has found application in security credential management systems (SCMS) and secure vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication to issue pseudonymous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Abel C. H. Chen

Code-based public-key cryptosystems based on QC-LDPC and QC-MDPC codes are promising post-quantum candidates to replace quantum vulnerable classical alternatives. However, a new type of attacks based on Bob's reactions have recently been…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Paolo Santini , Marco Baldi , Franco Chiaraluce

In this paper, we address the problem of achieving efficient code-based digital signatures with small public keys. The solution we propose exploits sparse syndromes and randomly designed low-density generator matrix codes. Based on our…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-05-24 Marco Baldi , Marco Bianchi , Franco Chiaraluce , Joachim Rosenthal , Davide Schipani

In 2019 G\'omez described a new public key cryptography scheme based on ideas from multivariate public key cryptography using hidden irreducible polynomials. We show that the scheme's design has a flaw which lets an attacker recover the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-06 Christian Eder

Chebyshev polynomials have been recently proposed for designing public-key systems. Indeed, they enjoy some nice chaotic properties, which seem to be suitable for use in Cryptography. Moreover, they satisfy a semi-group property, which…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Pina Bergamo , Paolo D'Arco , Alfredo De Santis , Ljupco Kocarev

Homomorphic secret sharing (HSS) enables two servers to locally perform functions on encrypted data directly and obtain the results in the form of shares. A Paillier-based HSS solution seamlessly achieves multiplicative homomorphism and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Weiquan Deng , Bowen Zhao , Yang Xiao , Yantao Zhong , Qingqi Pei , Ximeng Liu

With the rapid advancements in quantum computing, traditional cryptographic schemes like Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) are becoming vulnerable, necessitating the development of quantum-resistant…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-21 Omar Alnaseri , Yassine Himeur , Shadi Atalla , Wathiq Mansoor

Generalized low-density parity-check (GLDPC) codes, where single parity-check constraints on the code bits are replaced with generalized constraints (an arbitrary linear code), are a promising class of codes for low-latency communication.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Roxana Smarandache , David G. M. Mitchell , Anthony Gómez-Fonseca

The purpose of the paper is to give new key agreement protocols (a multi-party extension of the protocol due to Anshel-Anshel-Goldfeld and a generalization of the Diffie-Hellman protocol from abelian to solvable groups) and a new…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dimitri Grigoriev , Ilia Ponomarenko

In this paper, we introduce a novel explicit family of subcodes of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes that efficiently achieve list decoding capacity with a constant output list size. Our approach builds upon the idea of large linear subcodes of RS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-29 Amit Berman , Yaron Shany , Itzhak Tamo

This paper introduces a variant for the symmetric matrix-based key distribution in sensor network introduced by Du et al. Our slight modification shows that the usage of specific structures for the public matrix instead of fully random…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-09-29 Abedelaziz Mohaisen

In a recent paper, Brakensiek, Gopi and Makam introduced higher order MDS codes as a generalization of MDS codes. An order-$\ell$ MDS code, denoted by $\operatorname{MDS}(\ell)$, has the property that any $\ell$ subspaces formed from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Joshua Brakensiek , Sivakanth Gopi , Visu Makam

Maximum distance separable (MDS) codes have significant combinatorial and cryptographic applications due to their certain optimality. Generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) codes are the most prominent MDS codes. Twisted generalized Reed-Solomon…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Chun'e Zhao , Wenping Ma , Tongjiang Yan , Yuhua Sun

Polynomial based approaches, such as the Mat-Dot and entangled polynomial codes (EPC) have been used extensively within coded matrix computations to obtain schemes with good recovery thresholds. However, these schemes are well-recognized to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Kyungrak Son , Aditya Ramamoorthy

Nowadays, equivalence problems are widely used in cryptography, most notably to establish cryptosystems such as digital signatures, with MEDS, LESS, PERK as the most recent ones. However, in the context of matrix codes, only the code…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Magali Bardet , Charles Brion , Philippe Gaborit , Mercedes Haiech , Romaric Neveu

In this work, we present a novel matrix-encoding method that is particularly convenient for neural networks to make predictions in a privacy-preserving manner using homomorphic encryption. Based on this encoding method, we implement a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-16 John Chiang

This paper investigates subcodes of lambda-Gabidulin codes, viewed as rank-metric analogues of generalized Reed--Solomon codes, and their applications to compact-ciphertext cryptosystems. We first analyze subspace and generalized subspace…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Freddy Lendé Metouké , Hervé Talé Kalachi , Hermann Tchatchiem Kamche , Ousmane Ndiaye , Sélestin Ndjeya