[Resource Topic] 2023/1049: Public-Key Encryption, Local Pseudorandom Generators, and the Low-Degree Method

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Title:
Public-Key Encryption, Local Pseudorandom Generators, and the Low-Degree Method

Authors: Andrej Bogdanov, Pravesh Kothari, Alon Rosen

Abstract:

The low-degree method postulates that no efficient algorithm outperforms low-degree polynomials in certain hypothesis-testing tasks. It has been used to understand computational indistinguishability in high-dimensional statistics.

We explore the use of the low-degree method in the context of cryptography. To this end, we apply it in the design and analysis of a new public-key encryption scheme whose security is based on Goldreich’s pseudorandom generator. The scheme is a combination of two proposals of Applebaum, Barak, and Wigderson, and inherits desirable features from both.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1049

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