Exploiting Preprocessing for Quantum Search to Break Parameters for MQ Cryptosystems
Exploiting Preprocessing for Quantum Search to Break Parameters for MQ Cryptosystems
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利用量子搜索预处理来破坏 MQ 密码系统的参数
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2018
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Benjamin Pring
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Benjamin Pring
In this paper we re-examine quantum search applied to the Multivariate Quadratic ((mathcal {MQ})) hardness problem over the finite field GF(2). This problem is key to the security of a number of proposed post-quantum public-key cryptosystems designed to be resistant against attacks from quantum computers and in this paper we give a warning of the dangers of extrapolating parameters based upon the efficiency of quantum search algorithms. Our methods demonstrate that by applying preprocessing to the (mathcal {MQ}) problem, we can reduce the computational load on the quantum computer and, in a generalisation of multi-target search for single-targets, improve the efficiency of the basic quantum search oracle for the (mathcal {MQ}) problem over GF(2). Our work builds upon the (mathcal {MQ}) oracle introduced by Westerbaan and Schwabe [19] and improves it to the extent that it breaks all quantum-resistant security parameters for the Gui cryptosystem [16] proposed by the original authors [15]. Our results hold both in the logical gate model and when the algorithm is fully costed in terms of the Clifford+T universal gate set.