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Update security level of BN254 to ~100bits

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Mamy André-Ratsimbazafy 2020-02-13 00:11:04 +01:00
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@ -75,17 +75,20 @@ func montyMagic(M: static BigInt): static Word {.inline.} =
# #
# ############################################################ # ############################################################
# Finite fields are preconfigured in this file # Curves & their corresponding finite fields are preconfigured in this file
# To workaround the following limitation https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/11142
# i.e. an object can be parametrized by a compiletime bigint
# we instead have the fields, curve points and Montgomery objects
# be parametrized over an enum.
# Note, in the past the convention was to name a curve by its conjectured security level. # Note, in the past the convention was to name a curve by its conjectured security level.
# as this might change with advances in research, the new convention is # as this might change with advances in research, the new convention is
# to name curves according to the length of the prime bit length. # to name curves according to the length of the prime bit length.
# i.e. the BN254 was previously named BN128. # i.e. the BN254 was previously named BN128.
# Curves security level were significantly impacted by
# advances in the Tower Number Field Sieve.
# in particular BN254 curve security dropped
# from estimated 128-bit to estimated 100-bit
# Barbulescu, R. and S. Duquesne, "Updating Key Size Estimations for Pairings",
# Journal of Cryptology, DOI 10.1007/s00145-018-9280-5, January 2018.
# Generates: # Generates:
# - type Curve = enum # - type Curve = enum
# - const CurveBitSize: array[Curve, int] # - const CurveBitSize: array[Curve, int]
@ -96,7 +99,8 @@ func montyMagic(M: static BigInt): static Word {.inline.} =
# associated with the curve modulus # associated with the curve modulus
when not defined(testingCurves): when not defined(testingCurves):
declareCurves: declareCurves:
# Barreto-Naehrig curve, Prime 254 bit, 128-bit security, https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/879.pdf # Barreto-Naehrig curve, pairing-friendly, Prime 254 bit, ~100-bit security
# https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/879.pdf
# Usage: Zero-Knowledge Proofs / zkSNARKs in ZCash and Ethereum 1 # Usage: Zero-Knowledge Proofs / zkSNARKs in ZCash and Ethereum 1
# https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-196 # https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-196
curve BN254: curve BN254: