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Practical Attack on All Parameters of the DME Signature Scheme

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Author(s)

Pierre Briaud, Maxime Bros, Ray Perlner, Daniel Smith-Tone

Abstract

DME is a multivariate scheme submitted to the call for additional signatures recently launched by NIST. Its performance is one of the best among all the candidates. The public key is constructed from the alternation of very structured linear and non-linear components that constitute the private key, the latter being defined over an extension field. We exploit these structures by proposing an algebraic attack which is practical on all DME parameters.
Proceedings Title
Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2024
Volume
14657
Conference Dates
May 26-30, 2024
Conference Location
Zurich, CH
Conference Title
Eurocrypt 2024
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58754-2_1
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Keywords

Public Key Cryptography, Multivariate Cryptography, NIST Candidates, Algebraic Cryptanalysis
Information technology and Cryptography

Citation

Briaud, P. , Bros, M. , Perlner, R. and Smith-Tone, D. (2024), Practical Attack on All Parameters of the DME Signature Scheme, Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2024, Zurich, CH, [online], https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58754-2_1, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957414 (Accessed October 21, 2025)

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Created April 28, 2024, Updated July 16, 2024
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