• DocumentCode
    3052209
  • Title

    A new algorithm for finding minimum-weight words in a linear code: application to McEliece´s cryptosystem and to BCH codes of length 511

  • Author

    Canteaut, Anne ; Chaband, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., Le Chesnay, France
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    29 Jun-4 Jul 1997
  • Firstpage
    327
  • Abstract
    An algorithm for finding minimum-weight words in large linear codes is developed. It is pointed out that the original McEliece (1978) cryptosystem is not secure. We also determine the minimum distance of some BCH codes of length 511
  • Keywords
    BCH codes; cryptography; decoding; iterative methods; linear codes; security of data; BCH codes; McEliece´s cryptosystem; code length; decoding; iterative algorithm; linear code; minimum distance; minimum-weight words; Artificial intelligence; Binary codes; Circuits; Cryptography; Iterative algorithms; Iterative decoding; Linear code; Random variables; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Theory. 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Ulm
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3956-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISIT.1997.613255
  • Filename
    613255