[Resource Topic] 2019/1456: ModFalcon: compact signatures based on module NTRU lattices

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Title:
ModFalcon: compact signatures based on module NTRU lattices

Authors: Chitchanok Chuengsatiansup, Thomas Prest, Damien Stehlé, Alexandre Wallet, Keita Xagawa

Abstract:

Lattices lead to promising practical post-quantum digital signatures, combining asymptotic efficiency with strong theoretical security guarantees. However, tuning their parameters into practical instantiations is a delicate task. On the one hand, NIST round 2 candidates based on Lyubashevsky’s design (such as dilithium and qtesla) allow several tradeoffs between security and efficiency, but at the expense of a large bandwidth consumption. On the other hand, the hash-and-sign falcon signature is much more compact and is still very efficient, but it allows only two security levels, with large compactness and security gaps between them. We introduce a new family of signature schemes based on the falcon design, which relies on module lattices. Our concrete instantiation enjoys the compactness and efficiency of falcon, and allows an intermediate security level. It leads to the most compact lattice-based signature achieving a quantum security above 128 bits.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1456

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