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Title : XMSS: Extended Hash-Based Signatures
Authors : Andreas Huelsing
Denis Butin
Stefan-Lukas Gazdag
Filename : draft-xmss-00.txt
Pages : 87
Date : 2015-03-09
Abstract:
This note describes the eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme (XMSS), a
hash-based digital signature system. It follows existing
descriptions in scientific literature. The note specifies the WOTS+
one-time signature scheme, a single-tree (XMSS) and a multi-tree
variant (XMSS^MT) of XMSS. Both variants use WOTS+ as a main
building block. XMSS provides cryptographic digital signatures
without relying on the conjectured hardness of mathematical problems.
Instead, it is proven that it only relies on the properties of
cryptographic hash functions. XMSS provides strong security
guarantees and, besides some special instantiations, is even secure
when the collision resistance of the underlying hash function is
broken. It is suitable for compact implementations, relatively
simple to implement, and naturally resists side-channel attacks.
Unlike most other signature systems, hash-based signatures withstand
attacks using quantum computers.
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