[Resource Topic] 2016/275: Faster Algorithms for Solving LPN

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Title:
Faster Algorithms for Solving LPN

Authors: Bin Zhang, Lin Jiao, Mingsheng Wang

Abstract:

The LPN problem, lying at the core of many cryptographic constructions for lightweight and post-quantum cryptography, receives quite a lot attention recently. The best published algorithm for solving it at Asiacrypt 2014 improved the classical BKW algorithm by using covering codes, which claimed to marginally compromise the 80-bit security of HB variants, LPN-C and Lapin. In this paper, we develop faster algorithms for solving LPN based on an optimal precise embedding of cascaded concrete perfect codes, in a similar framework but with many optimizations. Our algorithm outperforms the previous methods for the proposed parameter choices and distinctly break the 80-bit security bound of the instances suggested in cryptographic schemes like HB$^+, HB^#$, LPN-C and Lapin.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/275

Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-OR56dPSU

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