Report on evaluation of KpqC Round-2 candidates

Daniel J. Bernstein; Jolijn Cottaar; Emanuele Di Giandomenico; Kathrin Hövelmanns; Andreas Hülsing; Mikhail Kudinov; Tanja Lange; Mairon Mahzoun; Matthias Meijers; Alex Pellegrini; Alberto Ravagnani; Silvia Ritsch; Sven Schäge; Tianxin Tang; Monika Trimoska; Marc Vorstermans; Fiona Johanna Weber

Paper 2024/2077 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2024/2077 ↗

Report on evaluation of KpqC Round-2 candidates

Daniel J. Bernstein

Jolijn Cottaar

Emanuele Di Giandomenico

Kathrin Hövelmanns

Andreas Hülsing

Mikhail Kudinov

Tanja Lange

Mairon Mahzoun

Matthias Meijers

Alex Pellegrini

Alberto Ravagnani

Silvia Ritsch

Sven Schäge

Tianxin Tang

Monika Trimoska

Marc Vorstermans

Fiona Johanna Weber

Abstract

This report covers our analysis (security, proofs, efficiency) of the Round-2 candidates to the Korean post-quantum competiton KpqC. Signature systems covered in the report are AIMer, HAETAE, MQ-Sign, and NCC-Sign; KEMs covered are NTRU+, Paloma, REDOG, and SMAUG-T.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Public-key cryptography
Publication info: Preprint.
History: 2024-12-26: last updated; 2024-12-26: published
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2024/2077
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2024/2077,
      author = {Daniel J. Bernstein and Jolijn Cottaar and Emanuele Di Giandomenico and Kathrin Hövelmanns and Andreas Hülsing and Mikhail Kudinov and Tanja Lange and Mairon Mahzoun and Matthias Meijers and Alex Pellegrini and Alberto Ravagnani and Silvia Ritsch and Sven Schäge and Tianxin Tang and Monika Trimoska and Marc Vorstermans and Fiona Johanna Weber},
      title = {Report on evaluation of KpqC Round-2 candidates},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2024/2077},
      year = {2024},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/2077}
}