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CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE |
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| ALGEBRAIC CRYPTOGRAPHY CENTER | CRYPTOGRAPHY & COMPLEXITY SEMINAR | |
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Michael de Mare Department of Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:30pm Peirce 309 Abstract: Quantum computers present challenges to cryptographers. Not only do quantum computers have a quadratic advantage on NP-complete problems, they can factor and computer discrete log efficiently. Even without quantum computers, there is a risk that a single discrete log algorithm could break most cryptosystems. We show a primitive for establishing sets that doesn't seem to be susceptible to quantum attack. Black-box quantum algorithms have a lower bound of Omega(2^{n/3}) for the intersection of NP and coNP necessitating 384-bit keys for the post-quantum model. We have a cipher whose keys may range from 256-bits to 1024-bits. |
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| Dept of Mathematical Sciences • Stevens Institute of Technology • Hoboken, NJ • (201) 216-5449 | ||