Goppa-code key recovery
Recover equivalent hidden support and Goppa polynomial from the public code. This is distinct from decoding a single ciphertext.
Classical · conditional concrete estimates
Fix parameter set, source version, solver assumptions and memory-cost model
Results
| # | PUBLICATION / AUTHORS | DATE | TIME BOUND | SPACE BOUND | EVIDENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bit Operation Cost of ``Holdout'' Key-Recovery Attacks Against Classic McElieceePrint 2026/1786SourceBibTeX / details | 15 Sept 2026 | 2126.77–2145.22 conditional bit operations across parameter sets | 251.33–259.10 bits | PreprintSource checked |
| — | Extending Distinguishing to Key Recovery for Subfield Subcodes of GRS codesePrint 2026/1747SourceBibTeX / details | 7 Oct 2026 | 289.9–298.6 conditional bit operations across Classic McEliece sets | — | PreprintSource checked |
Comparison definition & assumptions
- Regime
- Fix parameter set, source version, solver assumptions and memory-cost model
- Computation
- Classical
- Rigor
- Conditional estimates
- Instances
- Specified Classic McEliece parameter sets
- Cost scale
- Concrete bit-operation estimates
- Parameter
- parameter set
- Description
- Recent structural key-recovery cost claims.
- Comparison rules
- Entries here are deliberately unranked cost vectors. The 2026 sources impose rank/solver or locator-uniqueness assumptions and charge memory differently. Do not present their arithmetic estimates as unconditional breaks. The August2026 Apon critique targets an earlier Vedenev revision; Vedenev’s October revision disputes its applicability.
- Tags
- Goppa codes, key recovery, conditional, concrete cost, version sensitive