An Authenticated Key Agreement Protocol Using Isogenies Between Elliptic Curves

Authors

  • Debiao He Wuhan University School of Mathematics and Statistics Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
  • Jianhua Chen Wuhan University School of Mathematics and Statistics Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China
  • Jin Hu School of Mathematics and Statistics Wuhan, Hubei, 430072, China

Keywords:

public-key cryptosystem, quantum computer, isogeny, elliptic curve, key agreement protocol

Abstract

All the current public-key cryptosystems will become insecure when size of a quantum register is sufficient. An authenticated key agreement protocol, which is against the attack of quantum computer, is proposed. The proposed protocol can provide the security properties known session key security, forward security, resistance to key-compromise impersonation attack and to unknown key-share attack, key control. We also prove its security in a widely accepted model.

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Published

2011-06-01

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