Title :
Product codes and private-key encryption
Author :
De Souza, J. Campello ; De Souza, R. M Campello
Author_Institution :
Departamento du Electronica e Sistemas, UFPE, Refife, Brasil
Abstract :
The use of burst correcting product codes for cryptographic purposes is discussed. The codes are used in a scheme that applies a special type of structured errors that, as far as we know, do not exist in any real communication channel. Although this fact seems of no importance, since the errors in any error-correcting code based cryptosystem are artificially generated at the transmitter, its use allows an improvement in the security level in comparison with similar schemes
Keywords :
error correction codes; public key cryptography; burst correcting product codes; communication channel; cryptography; error-correcting code; private-key encryption; security level; structured errors; transmitter; Codecs; Communication channels; Context; Cryptography; Ear; Error correction; Error correction codes; Product codes; Security; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Whistler, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2453-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1995.550476
