QC-MDPC McEliece cryptosystem over GF(4)

This project contains an implementation of QC-MDPC McEliece cryptosystem over GF(4). This is a research-only implementation and is not safe against side-channel attacks. DO NOT use this in real software.

This project was implement as a part of my master's thesis at FEI STU in Bratislava.

How to run

You can either use an IDE such as Clion or you can run from terminal:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .
./mdpc-gf4

Additionally, one may specify a build mode:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
cmake --build .
./mdpc-gf4

The default mode is Release. There is also a Testing mode to run unit tests:

mkdir build-testing
cd build-testing
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Testing ..
cmake --build .
./mdpc-gf4

What is implemented?

• finite field GF(4)

• polynomials and polynomial operations over GF(4)

• random generation of vectors

• key generating

• encoding and encryption

• decoding (with multiple decoders) and decryption

Contributions

We will gladly accept your contributions! Feel free to create issues, forks, MRs... Try to use Conventional Commits as much as possible.