On the concrete hardness of Learning with Errors

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Abstract

The learning with errors (LWE) problem has become a central building block of modern cryptographic constructions. This work collects and presents hardness results for concrete instances of LWE. In particular, we discuss algorithms proposed in the literature and give the expected resources required to run them. We consider both generic instances of LWE as well as small secret variants. Since for several methods of solving LWE we require a lattice reduction step, we also review lattice reduction algorithms and use a refined model for estimating their running times. We also give concrete estimates for various families of LWE instances, provide a Sage module for computing these estimates and highlight gaps in the knowledge about algorithms for solving the LWE problem.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169–203
Number of pages35
JournalJournal of Mathematical Cryptology
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2015

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