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Nov 2023
57m 20s

Attacking Lattice-based Cryptography wit...

Deirdre Connolly, Thomas Ptacek, David Adrian
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Returning champion Martin Albrecht joins us to help explain how we measure the security of lattice-based cryptosystems like Kyber and Dilithium against attackers. QRAM, BKZ, LLL, oh my! Transcript: https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2023/11/13/lattice-attacks/ Links: - https://pq-crystals.org/kyber/index.shtml - https://pq-crystals.org/dilithium/ind ... Show More
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