[Resource Topic] 2017/609: On the discrete logarithm problem for prime-field elliptic curves

Welcome to the resource topic for 2017/609

Title:
On the discrete logarithm problem for prime-field elliptic curves

Authors: Alessandro Amadori, Federico Pintore, Massimiliano Sala

Abstract:

In recent years several papers have appeared investigating the classical discrete logarithm problem for elliptic curves by means of the multivariate polynomial approach based on the celebrated summation polynomials, introduced by Semaev in 2004. However, with a notable exception by Petit et al. in 2016, all numerous papers have investigated only the composite-field case, leaving apart the laborious prime-field case. In this paper we propose a variation of Semaev’s original approach for the prime-field case. Our proposal outperforms both the original Semaev’s method and Petit et al. specialized algorithm. The improvement is reached by reducing the necessary Groebner basis computations to only one basis calculation.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/609

See all topics related to this paper.

Feel free to post resources that are related to this paper below.

Example resources include: implementations, explanation materials, talks, slides, links to previous discussions on other websites.

For more information, see the rules for Resource Topics .