Quantum computers will break today's most popular public-key cryptographic systems, including RSA, DSA, and ECDSA. This book introduces the reader to the next generation of cryptographic algorithms, the systems that resist quantum-computer attacks: in particular, post-quantum public-key encryption systems and post-quantum public-key signature systems.

Leading experts have joined forces for the first time to explain the state of the art in quantum computing, hash-based cryptography, code-based cryptography, lattice-based cryptography, and multivariate cryptography. Mathematical...

Africacrypt 2010, the Third International Conference on Cryptology in Africa, took place May 3-6, 2010 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The General Chairs, Riaal Domingues from the South African Communications and Security Agency and Christine Swart from the University of Cape Town, were always a pleasure to work with and did an outstanding job with the local arrangements. We are deeplythankfulthat theyagreedto hostAfricacrypt2010with onlyfour months notice after unanticipated events forced a change of location. The Africacrypt 2010 submission deadline was split into two. Authors s- mitting...

Quantum computers will break today's most popular public-key cryptographic systems, including RSA, DSA, and ECDSA. This book introduces the reader to the next generation of cryptographic algorithms, the systems that resist quantum-computer attacks: in particular, post-quantum public-key encryption systems and post-quantum public-key signature systems.

Leading experts have joined forces for the first time to explain the state of the art in quantum computing, hash-based cryptography, code-based cryptography, lattice-based cryptography, and multivariate cryptography. Mathematical...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cryptology in India, INDOCRYPT 2011, held in Chennai, India, in December 2011. The 22 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 3 invited talks and 3 tutorials were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on side-channel attacks, secret-key cryptography, hash functions, pairings, and protocols.