- Name: NewHopeNIST
- Algorithm type: key encapsulation mechanism
- Main cryptographic assumption: ring learning with errors (RLWE)
- NIST submission URL: https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/documents/round-1/submissions/NewHope.zip
- Submitters (to NIST competition): Thomas Poppelmann, Erdem Alkim, Roberto Avanzi, Joppe Bos, Léo Ducas, Antonio de la Piedra, Peter Schwabe, Douglas Stebila
- Submitters' website: http://newhopecrypto.org/
- Added to liboqs by: Douglas Stebila
| Parameter set | Security model | Claimed NIST security level | Public key size (bytes) | Secret key size (bytes) | Ciphertext size (bytes) | Shared secret size (bytes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewHope512-CCA-KEM | IND-CCA | 1 | 928 | 1888 | 1120 | 32 |
| NewHope1024-CCA-KEM | IND-CCA | 5 | 1824 | 3680 | 2208 | 32 |
- Source of implementation: https://newhopecrypto.org/data/NewHope_2017_12_21.zip
- License: Public domain
- Language: C
- Constant-time: Yes
- Architectures supported in liboqs nist-branch: x86, x64
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