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Torus-based cryptography

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Torus based cryptography involves using algebraic tori to construct a group for use in ciphers based on the discrete logarithm problem. This idea was first introduced by Alice Silverberg and Karl Rubin in 2003 in the form of a public key algorithm by the name of CEILIDH.

References

  • Karl Rubin, Alice Silverberg: Torus-Based Cryptography. CRYPTO 2003: 349–365