Advancing the Cryptanalysis of the HPPK-THR Public Key Cryptosystem

The Homomorphic Polynomial Public Key over Two Hidden Rings (HPPK-THR) is a new method of encryption developed by Quantropi to secure communications against advances in quantum computing. While highly efficient and comparing excellently against rival encryption schemes HPPK-THR was only recently developed in 2022. It thus still needs thorough investigation to show its strong security claims are well-founded. Our project will pursue this investigation from the level of abstract mathematics down to concrete software code. We’ll begin with researching the latest results in cryptology, but with eyes to evolving and testing new attacks. We’ll document our findings and suggest means of improving beyond any such attacks. Such rigorous demonstrations and any improvements would greatly benefit Quantropi in distributing HPPK-THR, serving its mandate of developing cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions.

Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Panario

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Partner:

Quantropi

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

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