TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baldi,Marco
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - QC-LDPC Code-Based Cryptography
T2  - SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
SN  - 9783319025568
AV  - TK1-9971 
U1  - 621.382 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Data protection
KW  - Coding theory
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - Communications Engineering, Networks
KW  - Coding and Information Theory
KW  - Systems and Data Security
N1  - Introduction -- Low-Density Parity-Check Codes -- Quasi-Cyclic Codes -- Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check Codes -- The McEliece and Niederreiter Cryptosystems -- QC-LDPC Code-based Cryptosystems
N2  - This book describes the fundamentals of cryptographic primitives based on quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes, with a special focus on the use of these codes in public-key cryptosystems derived from the McEliece and Niederreiter schemes. In the first part of the book, the main characteristics of QC-LDPC codes are reviewed, and several techniques for their design are presented, while tools for assessing the error correction performance of these codes are also described. Some families of QC-LDPC codes that are best suited for use in cryptography are also presented. The second part of the book focuses on the McEliece and Niederreiter cryptosystems, both in their original forms and in some subsequent variants. The applicability of QC-LDPC codes in these frameworks is investigated by means of theoretical analyses and numerical tools, in order to assess their benefits and drawbacks in terms of system efficiency and security. Several examples of QC-LDPC code-based public key cryptosystems are presented, and their advantages over classical solutions are highlighted. The possibility of also using QC-LDPC codes in symmetric encryption schemes and digital signature algorithms is also briefly examined
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02556-8
ER  -