High-Density Knapsack Cryptosystem Using Shifted-Odd and Super-Increasing Sequence

Abstract

It is proven that many public-key cryptosystems would be broken by the quantum computer. The knapsack cryptosystem which is based on the subset sum problem has the potential to be a quantum-resistant cryptosystem. Murakami and Kasahara proposed a SOSI trapdoor sequence which is made by combining shifted-odd (SO) and super-increasing (SI) sequence in the modular knapsack cryptosystem. This paper firstly show that the key generation method could not achieve a secure density against the low-density attack. Second, we propose a high-density key generation method and confirmed that the proposed scheme is secure against the low-density attack.