Title :
Some weak keys in McEliece public-key cryptosystem
Author :
Loidrean, P. ; Sendrier, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., Le Chesnay, France
Abstract :
We show that the Goppa codes Γ(L,g) where g is a binary polynomial constitute a recognizable family of weak keys for McEliece (1978) cryptosystem, thus inducing naturally a structural attack against the system
Keywords :
Goppa codes; polynomials; public key cryptography; Goppa codes; McEliece public-key cryptosystem; binary polynomial; structural attack; weak keys; Binary codes; Content addressable storage; Decoding; Polynomials; Public key; Public key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5000-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1998.708987
