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SFLASHv3, a fast asymmetric signature scheme

Authors:
Nicolas T. Courtois
Louis Goubin
Jacques Patarin
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2003/211
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Abstract: SFLASH-v2 is one of the three asymmetric signature schemes recommended by the European consortium for low-cost smart cards. The latest implementation report published at PKC 2003 shows that SFLASH-v2 is the fastest signature scheme known. This is a detailed specification of SFLASH-v3 produced in 2003 for fear of v2 being broken. HOWEVER after detailed analysis by Chen Courtois and Yang [ICICS04], Sflash-v2 is not broken and we still recommend the previous version Sflash-v2, already recommended by Nessie, instead of this version.
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@misc{eprint-2003-11924,
  title={SFLASHv3, a fast asymmetric signature scheme},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={public-key cryptography / fast digital signatures, Sflash, Nessie, multivariate cryptography, MQ problem, HFE},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2003/211},
  note={ courtois@minrank.org 12793 received 2 Oct 2003, last revised 10 Jan 2005},
  author={Nicolas T. Courtois and Louis Goubin and Jacques Patarin},
  year=2003
}