A quantum-proof non-malleable extractor: With application to privacy amplification against active quantum adversaries

Divesh Aggarwal, Kai-Min Chung, Han-Hsuan Lin, Thomas Vidick

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Abstract

In privacy amplification, two mutually trusted parties aim to amplify the secrecy of an initial shared secret X in order to establish a shared private key K by exchanging messages over an insecure communication channel. If the channel is authenticated the task can be solved in a single round of communication using a strong randomness extractor; choosing a quantum-proof extractor allows one to establish security against quantum adversaries. In the case that the channel is not authenticated, this simple solution is no longer secure. Nevertheless, Dodis and Wichs (STOC’09) showed that the problem can be solved in two rounds of communication using a non-malleable extractor, a stronger pseudo-random construction than a strong extractor. We give the first construction of a non-malleable extractor that is secure against quantum adversaries. The extractor is based on a construction by Li (FOCS’12), and is able to extract from source of min-entropy rates larger than 1 / 2. Combining this construction with a quantum-proof variant of the reduction of Dodis and Wichs, due to Cohen and Vidick (unpublished) we obtain the first privacy amplification protocol secure against active quantum adversaries.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2019 - 38th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Proceedings
EditorsYuval Ishai, Vincent Rijmen
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages442-469
Number of pages28
ISBN (Print)9783030176556
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event38th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2019 - Darmstadt, Germany
Duration: 19 May 201923 May 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11477 LNCS

Conference

Conference38th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDarmstadt
Period19/05/1923/05/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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