[Resource Topic] 2017/047: On dual lattice attacks against small-secret LWE and parameter choices in HElib and SEAL

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Title:
On dual lattice attacks against small-secret LWE and parameter choices in HElib and SEAL

Authors: Martin R. Albrecht

Abstract:

We present novel variants of the dual-lattice attack against LWE in the presence of an unusually short secret. These variants are informed by recent progress in BKW-style algorithms for solving LWE. Applying them to parameter sets suggested by the homomorphic encryption libraries HElib and SEAL v2.0 yields revised security estimates. Our techniques scale the exponent of the dual-lattice attack by a factor of ((2,L)/(2,L+1)) when (\log q = \Theta{\left(L \log n\right)}), when the secret has constant hamming weight (h) and where (L) is the maximum depth of supported circuits. They also allow to half the dimension of the lattice under consideration at a multiplicative cost of (2^{h}) operations. Moreover, our techniques yield revised concrete security estimates. For example, both libraries promise 80 bits of security for LWE instances with n=1024 and \log_2 q \approx {47}, while the techniques described in this work lead to estimated costs of 68 bits (SEAL v2.0) and 62 bits (HElib).

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/047

Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4pHmNBbAU

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