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Subsets of Groups in Public-key Cryptography

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Summary:We suggest the use of algebraic subsets instead of subgroups in public-key cryptography. In particular, we present the subset version of two protocols introduced by Shpilrain and Ushakov with some examples in ascending HNN-extensions of free-abelian groups and discuss their resistance to length and distance based attacks. We also introduce several new group theoretic problems arising from this work.
Main Authors:Carvalho, André
Other Authors:Malheiro, António
Subject:Subsets of groups Ascending HNN-extensions Context-free languages Key-exchange Algebra and Number Theory Computer Networks and Communications Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics Applied Mathematics
Year:2025
Country:Portugal
Document type:article
Access type:embargoed access
Associated institution:Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language:English
Origin:Repositório Institucional da UNL
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Summary:We suggest the use of algebraic subsets instead of subgroups in public-key cryptography. In particular, we present the subset version of two protocols introduced by Shpilrain and Ushakov with some examples in ascending HNN-extensions of free-abelian groups and discuss their resistance to length and distance based attacks. We also introduce several new group theoretic problems arising from this work.