Quantum key search with side channel advice

Daniel P. Martin, Ashley Montanaro, Elisabeth Oswald*, Dan Shepherd

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Recently, a number of results have been published that show how to combine classical cryptanalysis with quantum algorithms, thereby (potentially) achieving considerable speed-ups. We follow this trend but add a novel twist by considering how to utilise side channel leakage in a quantum setting. This is non-trivial because Grover’s algorithm deals with unstructured data, however we are interested in searching through a key space which has structure due to the side channel information. We present a novel variation of a key enumeration algorithm that produces batches of keys that can be efficiently tested using Grover’s algorithm. This results in the first quantum key search that benefits from side channel information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSelected Areas in Cryptography – SAC 2017 - 24th International Conference, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsCarlisle Adams, Jan Camenisch
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages407-422
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783319725642
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event24th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2017 - Ottawa, Canada
Duration: 16 Aug 201718 Aug 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10719 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa
Period16/08/1718/08/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
EPSRC Early Career Fellowship EP/L021005/1. Elisabeth Oswald and Dan Martin were in part supported by EPSRC via grant EP/N011635/1 (LADA). No research data was created for this paper.

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018.

Keywords

  • Quantum computation
  • Side channel attacks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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