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IMI/Publicaţii/CSJM/Ediţii/CSJM v.27, n.1 (79), 2019/

Post-quantum public key-agreement scheme based on a new form of the hidden logarithm problem

Authors: D. N. Moldovyan
Keywords: finite non-commutative algebra, associative algebra, computationally difficult problem, homomorphism, key agreement scheme, zero-knowledge protocol, post-quantum cryptoscheme

Abstract

A new form of the hidden discrete logarithm problem, proposed as primitive of the post-quantum public-key cryptoschemes, is defined over the 6-dimensional finite non-commutative associative algebra with a large set of the left-sided global units. The considered computationally difficult problem uses the mutual commutativity of the exponentiation operation and homomorphism mapping defined relatively a fixed unit element of the algebra. The related properties of the introduced algebra are described. Novel public key-agreement and zero-knowledge protocols based on the hidden logarithm problem are introduced as post-quantum cryptoschemes.

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