XMSS-SM3 and MT-XMSS-SM3: Instantiating Extended Merkle Signature Schemes with SM3

Siwei Sun; Tianyu Liu; Zhi Guan; Yifei He; Jiwu Jing; Lei Hu; Zhenfeng Zhang; Hailun Yan

Paper 2022/1552

XMSS-SM3 and MT-XMSS-SM3: Instantiating Extended Merkle Signature Schemes with SM3

Siwei Sun, School of Cryptology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Tianyu Liu, School of Cryptology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Zhi Guan, Peking University

Yifei He, Peking University

Jiwu Jing, School of Cryptology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Lei Hu, School of Cryptology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Zhenfeng Zhang, Institute of Software

Hailun Yan, School of Cryptology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Abstract

We instantiate the hash-based post-quantum stateful signature schemes XMSS and its multi-tree version described in RFC 8391 and NIST SP 800-208 with SM3, and report on the results of the preliminary performance test.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Public-key cryptography
Publication info: Preprint.
Keywords: Hash Functions Digital Signatures XMSS MT-XMSS SM3
Contact author(s): sunsiwei @ ucas ac cn
guan @ pku edu cn
heyifei @ pku edu cn
History: 2022-11-28: last of 2 revisions; 2022-11-08: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2022/1552
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2022/1552,
      author = {Siwei Sun and Tianyu Liu and Zhi Guan and Yifei He and Jiwu Jing and Lei Hu and Zhenfeng Zhang and Hailun Yan},
      title = {{XMSS}-{SM3} and {MT}-{XMSS}-{SM3}: Instantiating Extended Merkle Signature Schemes with {SM3}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2022/1552},
      year = {2022},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1552}
}