Quantum-Safe Hybrid Key Exchanges with KEM-Based Authentication

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04030v1
• Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:28:17 GMT
• Title: Quantum-Safe Hybrid Key Exchanges with KEM-Based Authentication
• Authors: Christopher Battarbee, Christoph Striecks, Ludovic Perret, Sebastian Ramacher, Kevin Verhaeghe,
• Abstract summary: In PQCrypto 2023, Bruckner, Ramacher and Striecks proposed a novel hybrid AKE (HAKE) protocol, dubbed Muckle+. Muckle# uses post-quantum key-encapsulating mechanisms for implicit authentication inspired by recent works in the area of Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.
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• Abstract: Authenticated Key Exchange (AKE) between any two entities is one of the most important security protocols available for securing our digital networks and infrastructures. In PQCrypto 2023, Bruckner, Ramacher and Striecks proposed a novel hybrid AKE (HAKE) protocol, dubbed Muckle+, that is particularly useful in large quantum-safe networks consisting of a large number of nodes. Their protocol is hybrid in the sense that it allows key material from conventional and post-quantum primitives, as well as from quantum key distribution, to be incorporated into a single end-to-end shared key. To achieve the desired authentication properties, Muckle+ utilizes post-quantum digital signatures. However, available instantiations of such signatures schemes are not yet efficient enough compared to their post-quantum key-encapsulation mechanism (KEM) counterparts, particularly in large networks with potentially several connections in a short period of time. To mitigate this gap, we propose Muckle# that pushes the efficiency boundaries of currently known HAKE constructions. Muckle# uses post-quantum key-encapsulating mechanisms for implicit authentication inspired by recent works done in the area of Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, particularly, in KEMTLS (CCS'20). We port those ideas to the HAKE framework and develop novel proof techniques on the way. Due to our novel KEM-based approach, the resulting protocol has a slightly different message flow compared to prior work that we carefully align with the HAKE framework and which makes our changes to the Muckle+ non-trivial.

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