[Resource Topic] 2012/636: On the Complexity of the BKW Algorithm on LWE

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Title:
On the Complexity of the BKW Algorithm on LWE

Authors: Martin R. Albrecht, Carlos Cid, Jean-Charles Faugère, Robert Fitzpatrick, Ludovic Perret

Abstract:

This work presents a study of the complexity of the Blum-Kalai-Wasserman (BKW) algorithm when applied to the Learning with Errors (LWE) problem, by providing refined estimates for the data and computational effort requirements for solving concrete instances of the LWE problem. We apply this refined analysis to suggested parameters for various LWE-based cryptographic schemes from the literature and compare with alternative approaches based on lattice reduction. As a result, we provide new upper bounds for the concrete hardness of these LWE-based schemes. Rather surprisingly, it appears that BKW algorithm outperforms known estimates for lattice reduction algorithms starting in dimension n ≈ 250 when LWE is reduced to SIS. However, this assumes access to an unbounded number of LWE samples.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/636

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