[Resource Topic] 2018/318: Practical attacks against the Walnut digital signature scheme

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Title:
Practical attacks against the Walnut digital signature scheme

Authors: Ward Beullens, Simon R. Blackburn

Abstract:

Recently, NIST started the process of standardizing quantum- resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms. WalnutDSA, the subject of this paper, is one of the 20 proposed signature schemes that are being considered for standardization. Walnut relies on a one-way function called E-Multiplication, which has a rich algebraic structure. This paper shows that this structure can be exploited to launch several practical attacks against the Walnut cryptosystem. The attacks work very well in practice; it is possible to forge signatures and compute equivalent secret keys for the 128-bit and 256-bit security parameters submitted to NIST in less than a second and in less than a minute respectively.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/318

Slides: https://asiacrypt.iacr.org/2018/files/SLIDES/MONDAY/421/1110-1225/Walnut_Attacks.pdf

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