NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography- A Hardware Evaluation Study

Kanad Basu; Deepraj Soni; Mohammed Nabeel; Ramesh Karri

Paper 2019/047

NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography- A Hardware Evaluation Study

Kanad Basu, Deepraj Soni, Mohammed Nabeel, and Ramesh Karri

Abstract

Experts forecast that quantum computers can break classical cryptographic algorithms. Scientists are developing post quantum cryptographic (PQC) algorithms, that are invulnerable to quantum computer attacks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) started a public evaluation process to standardize quantum-resistant public key algorithms. The objective of our study is to provide a hardware comparison of the NIST PQC competition candidates. For this, we use a High-Level Synthesis (HLS) hardware design methodology to map high-level C specifications of selected PQC candidates into both FPGA and ASIC implementations.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Implementation
Publication info: Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords: Post-Quantum Cryptography Hardware Implementation
Contact author(s): kb150 @ nyu edu
History: 2019-05-16: last of 5 revisions; 2019-01-25: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2019/047
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2019/047,
      author = {Kanad Basu and Deepraj Soni and Mohammed Nabeel and Ramesh Karri},
      title = {{NIST} Post-Quantum Cryptography- A Hardware Evaluation Study},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2019/047},
      year = {2019},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/047}
}