Title :
A knapsack cryptosystem based on multiple knapsacks
Author :
Kobayashi, Kunikatsu ; Tadaki, Kohtaro ; Kasahara, Masao ; Tsujii, Shigeo
Author_Institution :
R&D Initiative, Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a knapsack cryptosystem based on three knapsacks. Although one of the three secret knapsacks is superincreasing, the other two are non-superincreasing. On the encryption, a ciphertext is formed by multiplying the two non-superincreasing knapsacks together and then adding it to the superincreasing knapsack. Due to this structure of the cipher text, our knapsack cryptosystem is thought to be secure against all existing attacks, i.e., the low density attack and Shamir attack.
Keywords :
cryptography; knapsack problems; Shamir attack; ciphertext; encryption; knapsack cryptosystem; low density attack; multiple knapsacks; nonsuperincreasing knapsacks; secret knapsacks; superincreasing knapsack; Electronic mail; Encryption; Manganese; Public key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory and its Applications (ISITA), 2010 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Taichung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6016-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6017-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISITA.2010.5649307