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Cryptanalysis of the Niederreiter Public Key Scheme Based on GRS Subcodes

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Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQCrypto 2010)

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In this paper a new structural attack on the McEliece/Niederreiter public key cryptosystem based on subcodes of generalized Reed-Solomon codes proposed by Berger and Loidreau is described. It allows the reconstruction of the private key for almost all practical parameter choices in polynomial time with high probability.

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  1. Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), Godesberger Allee 185-189, 53175, Bonn, Germany

    Christian Wieschebrink

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    Nicolas Sendrier

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Wieschebrink, C. (2010). Cryptanalysis of the Niederreiter Public Key Scheme Based on GRS Subcodes. In: Sendrier, N. (eds) Post-Quantum Cryptography. PQCrypto 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12929-2_5

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