Coding theory techniques in post-quantum cryptography and cryptanalysis

Project funded by Swedish Research Council (Project grant), grant 2012-04259_VR. Participating organisations named by the source: Lund University. Funded amount: SEK 2,730,000, as stated by the source. Runs 2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31. Keywords: Naturvetenskap, Natural Sciences, Matematik, Mathematics, Diskret matematik, Discrete Mathematics. Source: OpenAIRE Graph, from the funder's project data (collected by OpenAIRE on 2025-12-04); national funding data, not CORDIS. Abstract given by the source: Post-quantum cryptography is the area of cryptography when quantum computers exist. The proposed project is aimed at examining how different techniques and tools in coding theory can be exploited and further developed in the area of post-quantum cryptography and also in cryptanalysis of symmetric ciphers and hash functions. In particular, we look at problems like the investigation of the security of existing public key cryptography currently resisting attacks from quantum computers. This includes code-based public key cryptosystems like McEliece PKC and the CFS digital signature scheme. We also consider new constructions of public key primitives resisting attacks from quantum computers, with the hope of finding more efficient solutions than existing ones. Finally, we explore also iterative decoding techniques from coding theory to improve attacks on both asymmetric and symmetric primitives like stream ciphers and hash functions.

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AI-assisted summary: The project, funded by the Swedish Research Council with a grant of SEK 2,730,000, ran from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2015, at Lund University. It focused on coding theory techniques in post-quantum cryptography and cryptanalysis. Suggested technology pillar: communication. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.