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50 Years Ago, One of the Greatest Inventions Ever?
50 Years Ago, One of the Greatest Inventions Ever?
What was the most significant thing that happened in 1974? Richard Nixon resigning? West Germany winning the World Cup? The IRA bombings in…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 16
So In Cryptography, What’s A Modulus and What’s An Order?
So In Cryptography, What’s A Modulus and What’s An Order?
I presented a lecture on post quantum cryptography a few weeks ago, and outlined the core principles of cryptography. After it, someone…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 16
The Smallest and Fastest PQC Digital Signature?
The Smallest and Fastest PQC Digital Signature?
And, so, NIST want an alternative to Dilithium, Falcon and SPHINCS+ for quantum robust digital signatures, and are now assessing a range of…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 14
Provable Security With Oil and Vinegar
Provable Security With Oil and Vinegar
Overall, quantum computers will be able to break our existing public key methods, such as discrete logs, RSA and elliptic curves.
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 11
Permuted Kernel Problem — An NP-Hard Problem
Permuted Kernel Problem — An NP-Hard Problem
Adi Shamir is one of the greatest researchers in computer computer science, and, in 1989, he proposed a public key encryption method that…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 8
HuFu (Hash-and-Sign Signatures From Powerful Gadgets)
HuFu (Hash-and-Sign Signatures From Powerful Gadgets)
There are two main approaches to lattice-based signatures: Fiat-Shamir and Hash-and-sign. Overall, Dilithium uses a Fiat-Shamir approach…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 7
Lattice Encryption and Signing
Lattice Encryption and Signing
I’m working on lattice encryption and signing and investigating NTRUEncrypt and NTRUSign. Overall, both of these methods are based on the…
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Jul 7
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