US2017207918A1PendingUtilityA1

Cryptography on an elliptical curve

Assignee: MORPHOPriority: Jun 16, 2009Filed: Jun 9, 2016Published: Jul 20, 2017
Est. expiryJun 16, 2029(~2.9 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04L 9/3066H04L 9/30H04L 9/002H04L 9/005G06F 7/725
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Abstract

A cryptographic calculation includes obtaining a point P(X,Y) from a parameter t on an elliptical curve Y 2 =f(X); and from polynomials X1(t), X2(t), X3(t) and U(t) satisfying: f(X1(t))·f(X2(t))·f(X3(t))=U(t) 2 in Fq, with q=3 mod 4. Firstly a value of the parameter t is obtained. Next, the point P is determined by: (i) calculating X1=X1(t), X2=X2(t), X3=X3(t) and U=U(t); (ii) if the term f(X1)·f(X2) is a square, then testing whether the term f(X3) is a square in Fq and if so calculating the square root of f(X3) in order to obtain the point P(X3); (iii) otherwise, testing whether the term f(X1) is a square and, if so, calculating the square root of f(X1) in order to obtain the point P(X1); (iv) otherwise, calculating the square root of f(X2) in order to obtain the point P(X2). This point P is useful in a cryptographic application.

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1 . An electronic component configured to execute a cryptographic calculation and to obtain a point P(X,Y) from at least one parameter t, on an elliptical curve that satisfies the equation: Y 2 =f(X) and from polynomials X 1 (t), X 2 (t), X 3 (t) and U(t) satisfying the following Skalba equality: f(X1(t))·f(X2(t))·f(X3(t))=U(t) 2  in a finite field F q , regardless of the parameter t, q satisfying the equation q=3 mod 4, wherein said electronic component is configured to:
 obtain a value of the parameter t; and 
 determine the point P by: 
 (i) calculating X 1 =X 1 (t), X 2 =X 2 (t), X 3 =X 3 (t) and U=U(t) 
 (ii) if the term f(X1)·f(X2) is a squared term in the finite field Fq then testing whether the term f(X 3 ) is a squared term in the finite field Fq and calculating the square root of the term f(X 3 ), point P having X 3  as abscissa and the square root of the term f(X3) as ordinate; 
 (iii) otherwise, testing whether the term f(X 1 ) is a squared term in the finite field Fq and in this case, calculating the square root of the term f(X 1 ), point P having X 1  as abscissa and the square root of the term f(X 1 ) as ordinate; 
 (iv) otherwise, calculating the square root of the term f(X 2 ), point P having X 2  as abscissa and the square root of the term f(X 2 ) as ordinate; 
 wherein said electronic component is further configured to use said point P in a cryptographic application selected from the group consisting of encryption or hashing or signature or authentication or identification, 
 wherein the cryptographic calculation is an application of authentication or identification by a checking entity, and 
 wherein obtaining the value of the parameter t further comprises: 
 /a/ generating a random value; 
 /b/ obtaining an encrypted value by encrypting said random value based on an encryption function using an encryption key determined from a password or identifier corresponding to the parameter; and 
 /c/ transmitting the encrypted value to the checking entity. 
 
     
     
         2 . The electronic component according to  claim 1 , wherein in order to determine the point P said electronic component is further configured to:
 calculate R 1  such that:   
       
         
           
             
               
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         if R 1   2  is equal to f(X1)·f(X 2 ), then decide whether the term f(X1)·f(X2) is a squared term in the field F q ; 
         test whether the term f(X 1 ) is a squared term in the finite field F q  by:
 calculating R 2 ′ such that: 
 
       
       
         
           
             
               
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           calculating R 3 ′ such that:
     R′   3   =R′   2   2    
 
           calculating R 4 ′ such that:
     R′   4   =R′   3   ·f ( X   1 ) 
 
         
         if R 4 ′ is not equal to 1, obtain the square roof of the term f(X 2 ) from the following equation:
   √{square root over ( f ( X   2 ))}= R   1   ·R′   2 .
 
 
       
     
     
         3 . The electronic component according to  claim 1 , wherein the polynomials that satisfy Skalba's equality are expressed in Jacobian coordinates according to which the point P(X,Y) is written P(X′,Y′,Z) such that:
     X′=X·Z   2 , 
     Y′=Y·Z   3    
 wherein the function f is written f z (X′) and satisfies:
     f   z ( X ′)= X′   3   +a·X′·Z   4   +b·Z   6  
 
 
 with the elliptical curve satisfying the equation:
     Y′   2   =f   z ( X ′)
 
 
 in which the polynomials that satisfy Skalba's equality expressed in Jacobian coordinates are X′ 1 (t), X′ 2 (t), X′ 3 (t), Z(t) and U′(t) and satisfy Skalba's equality in Jacobian coordinates:
     U ′( t ) 2   =f   Z(t) ( X′   1 ( t ))· f   Z(t) ( X′   2 ( t ))· f   Z(t) ( X′   3 ( t ))
 
 
 and in which Z(t) is determined in such a way that the operations of inversion are transformed into operations of multiplication. 
 
     
     
         4 . The electronic component according to  claim 1 , wherein the polynomials that satisfy Skalba's equality are such that it is possible to set a value of X 3 (t) for any possible t, such that f(X 3 (t)) is never a squared term in Fq, and
 wherein when determining the point P, the term f(X 1 )·f(X 2 ) is not a squared term in the finite field F q ,   wherein determining the point P further comprises testing whether the term f(X 1 ) is a squared term in the finite field F q  by:
 calculating R 2 ′ such that: 
   
       
         
           
             
               
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           calculating R 3 ′ such that:
     R′   3   =R′   2   2    
 
           calculating R 4 ′ such that:
     R′   4   =R′   3   ·f ( X   1 ) 
 
           wherein, if R 4 ′ is not equal to 1, determining the point P further comprises obtaining the square root of the term f(X 2 ) according to the following equation: 
         
       
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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         in which R1 is obtained beforehand from the following equation: 
       
       
         
           
             
               
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         5 . The electronic component according to  claim 4 , wherein the polynomials that satisfy Skalba's equality are expressed in Jacobian coordinates according to which the point P(X,Y) is written P(X′,Y′,Z) such that:
     X′=X·Z   2 , 
     Y′=Y·Z   3    
 where the function f is written f z (X′) and satisfies:
     f   z ( X ′)= X′   3   +a·X·Z   4   +b·Z   6  
 
 
 with the elliptical curve satisfying the equation:
     Y′   2   =f   Z ( X ′)
 
 
 in which the polynomials that satisfy Skalba's equality expressed in Jacobian coordinates are X′1(t), X′2(t), Z(t) and U′(t) and satisfy Skalba's equality in Jacobian coordinates:
     U ′( t ) 2   =f   Z(t) ( X′   1 ( t ))· f   Z(t) ( X′   2 ( t ))· f ( X   3 ( t ))
 
 
 and in which Z(t) is determined in such a way that operations of inversion are transformed into operations of multiplication. 
 
     
     
         6 . The electronic component according to  claim 1 , wherein obtaining the value of the parameter t comprises obtaining the value of the parameter t as a function of a password or an identifier.

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