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Zero-Knowledge Protocols for the Subset Sum Problem from MPC-in-the-Head with Rejection

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We propose (honest verifier) zero-knowledge arguments for the modular subset sum problem. Previous combinatorial approaches, notably one due to Shamir, yield arguments with cubic communication complexity (in the security parameter). More recent methods, based on the MPC-in-the-head technique, also produce arguments with cubic communication complexity. We improve this approach by using a secret-sharing over small integers (rather than modulo q) to reduce the size of the arguments and remove the prime modulus restriction. Since this sharing may reveal information on the secret subset, we introduce the idea of rejection to the MPC-in-the- head paradigm. Special care has to be taken to balance completeness and soundness and preserve zero-knowledge of our arguments. We combine this idea with two techniques to prove that the secret vector (which selects the subset) is well made of binary coordinates.Our new protocols achieve an asymptotic improvement by producing arguments of quadratic size. This improvement is also practical: for a 256-bit modulus q, the best variant of our protocols yields 13 KB arguments while previous proposals gave 1180 KB arguments, for the best general protocol, and 122 KB, for the best protocol restricted to prime modulus. Our techniques can also be applied to vectorial variants of the subset sum problem and in particular the inhomogeneous short integer solution (ISIS) problem for which they provide an efficient alternative to state-of-the-art protocols when the underlying ring is not small and NTT-friendly. We also show the application of our protocol to build efficient zero-knowledge arguments of plaintext and/or key knowledge in the context of fully-homomorphic encryption. When applied to the TFHE scheme, the obtained arguments are more than 20 times smaller than those obtained with previous protocols. Eventually, we use our technique to construct an efficient digital signature scheme based on a pseudorandom function due to Boneh, Halevi, and Howgrave-Graham.
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hal-03941457 , version 1 (16-01-2023)

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Thibauld Feneuil, Jules Maire, Matthieu Rivain, Damien Vergnaud. Zero-Knowledge Protocols for the Subset Sum Problem from MPC-in-the-Head with Rejection. ASIACRYPT 2022 - 28th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Dec 2022, Taipei, Taiwan. pp.371-402, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-22966-4_13⟩. ⟨hal-03941457⟩
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