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Error-correcting codes and cryptography

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In this paper, we give and explain some illustrative examples of research topics where error-correcting codes overlap with cryptography. In some of these examples, error-correcting codes employed in the implementation of secure cryptographic protocols. In the others, the codes are used in attacks against cryptographic schemes. Throughout this paper, we show the interrelation between error-correcting codes and cryptography, as well as point out the common features and the differences between these two fields.

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  1. Research Center for Information Security (RCIS), Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Akihabara-Daibiru Room 1102, 1-18-13 Sotokanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 101-0021, Japan

    Hideki Imai & Manabu Hagiwara

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    Hideki Imai & Manabu Hagiwara

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Imai, H., Hagiwara, M. Error-correcting codes and cryptography. AAECC 19, 213–228 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00200-008-0074-0

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