Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU

The module learning with errors (MLWE) problem has attracted significant attention and has been widely used in building a multitude of lattice-based cryptographic primitives. The hardness of the MLWE problem has been established for several variants, but most of the known results require the seed di...

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Main Authors: Wenjuan Jia, Jiang Zhang, Baocang Wang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:IET Information Security
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/2969432
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description The module learning with errors (MLWE) problem has attracted significant attention and has been widely used in building a multitude of lattice-based cryptographic primitives. The hardness of the MLWE problem has been established for several variants, but most of the known results require the seed distribution (i.e., the distribution of matrix A) to be the uniform distribution. In this paper, we show that under the Module-N-th degree Truncated polynomial Ring Units (NTRU) (MNTRU) assumption, the search MLWE problem can still be hard for some distributions that are not (even computationally indistinguishable from) the uniform distribution. Specifically, we show that if the seed distribution is a semiuniform distribution (namely, the seed distribution can be publicly derived from and has a “small difference” to the uniform distribution), then for appropriate settings of parameters, the search MLWE problem is hard under the MNTRU assumption. Moreover, we also show that under the appropriate settings of parameters, the search learning with errors over rings problem with semiuniform seeds can still be hard under the NTRU assumption due to our results for the search MLWE problem with semiuniform seeds being rank-preserving.
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spelling doaj-art-b47888ddf67a4edbb10bdb7b9095cb302025-08-20T02:23:12ZengWileyIET Information Security1751-87172023-01-01202310.1049/2023/2969432Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRUWenjuan Jia0Jiang Zhang1Baocang Wang2School of Telecommunications EngineeringState Key Laboratory of CryptologyState Key Laboratory of Integrated Service NetworksThe module learning with errors (MLWE) problem has attracted significant attention and has been widely used in building a multitude of lattice-based cryptographic primitives. The hardness of the MLWE problem has been established for several variants, but most of the known results require the seed distribution (i.e., the distribution of matrix A) to be the uniform distribution. In this paper, we show that under the Module-N-th degree Truncated polynomial Ring Units (NTRU) (MNTRU) assumption, the search MLWE problem can still be hard for some distributions that are not (even computationally indistinguishable from) the uniform distribution. Specifically, we show that if the seed distribution is a semiuniform distribution (namely, the seed distribution can be publicly derived from and has a “small difference” to the uniform distribution), then for appropriate settings of parameters, the search MLWE problem is hard under the MNTRU assumption. Moreover, we also show that under the appropriate settings of parameters, the search learning with errors over rings problem with semiuniform seeds can still be hard under the NTRU assumption due to our results for the search MLWE problem with semiuniform seeds being rank-preserving.http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/2969432
spellingShingle Wenjuan Jia
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Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
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title Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
title_full Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
title_fullStr Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
title_full_unstemmed Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
title_short Hardness of Module-LWE with Semiuniform Seeds from Module-NTRU
title_sort hardness of module lwe with semiuniform seeds from module ntru
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/2969432
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