Overview
RQC is a code-based public key encryption scheme designed to provide security against attacks by both classical and quantum computers.
It uses ideal codes as well as Gabidulin codes.
RQC has been submitted to the NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project.
Timeline
- 2020/04/21 - RQC submission updated
- 2019/08/24 - RQC presented at the 2nd NIST PQC Conference
- 2019/08/24 - RQC updated for the 2nd NIST conference
- 2019/04/10 - RQC updated for the round 2 of the NIST standardization process
- 2019/01/30 - RQC selected for the round 2 of the NIST standardization process
- 2018/04/13 - RQC presented at the 1st NIST PQC Conference
- 2017/11/30 - RQC submitted to the NIST standardization process
Submitters (alphabetical order)
- Carlos Aguilar Melchor, University of Toulouse (FR)
- Nicolas Aragon, University of Limoges & DGA (FR)
- Slim Bettaieb, Worldline (FR)
- Loïc Bidoux, Worldline (FR)
- Olivier Blazy, University of Limoges (FR)
- Maxime Bros, University of Limoges (FR)
- Alain Couvreur, INRIA & LIX, École polytechnique (FR)
- Jean-Christophe Deneuville, ENAC, University of Toulouse (FR)
- Philippe Gaborit, University of Limoges (FR)
- Adrien Hauteville, INRIA (FR)
- Gilles Zémor, University of Bordeaux (FR)