The problem with the SURF scheme

Thomas Debris-Alazard; Nicolas Sendrier; Jean-Pierre Tillich

Paper 2017/662

The problem with the SURF scheme

Thomas Debris-Alazard, Nicolas Sendrier, and Jean-Pierre Tillich

Abstract

There is a serious problem with one of the assumptions made in the security proof of the SURF scheme. This problem turns out to be easy in the regime of parameters needed for the SURF scheme to work. We give afterwards the old version of the paper for the reader's convenience.

Note: We found a serious problem in the security proof of the SURF scheme. We explain this problem here and give the old version of the paper afterwards.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Minor revision. https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.08065
Keywords: code-based cryptography digital signature scheme decoding algorithm security proof
Contact author(s): jean-pierre tillich @ inria fr
History: 2017-11-30: last of 5 revisions; 2017-07-05: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2017/662
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2017/662,
      author = {Thomas Debris-Alazard and Nicolas Sendrier and Jean-Pierre Tillich},
      title = {The problem with the {SURF} scheme},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2017/662},
      year = {2017},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/662}
}