Paper 2021/644
Cryptanalysis of Semidirect Product Key Exchange Using Matrices Over Non-Commutative Rings
Christopher Battarbee, Delaram Kahrobaei, and Siamak F. Shahandashti
Abstract
It was recently demonstrated that the Matrix Action Key Exchange (MAKE) algorithm, a new type of key exchange protocol using the semidirect product of matrix groups, is vulnerable to a linear algebraic attack if the matrices are over a commutative ring. In this note, we establish conditions under which protocols using matrices over a non-commutative ring are also vulnerable to this attack. We then demonstrate that group rings $R[G]$, where $R$ is a commutative ring and $G$ is a non-abelian group, are examples of non-commutative rings that satisfy these conditions.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Minor revision. arXiv
- Keywords
- key-exchange protocollinear algebraic cryptanalysis
- Contact author(s)
- cb2036 @ york ac uk
- History
- 2021-07-27: revised
- 2021-05-20: received
- See all versions
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2021/644
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2021/644,
author = {Christopher Battarbee and Delaram Kahrobaei and Siamak F. Shahandashti},
title = {Cryptanalysis of Semidirect Product Key Exchange Using Matrices Over Non-Commutative Rings},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2021/644},
year = {2021},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/644}
}
