The analysis and design of post-quantum secure cryptographic systems is becoming increasingly important and urgent, as sufficiently powerful quantum computers could be available in the next 10 to 20 years. In particular, the chair focuses on systems of symmetric cryptography, which currently receive less attention in research. Nevertheless, it has been shown in recent years that the availability of sufficiently powerful quantum computers also affects the security of many classical symmetric algorithms. Not only "Grover's algorithm" can be used for this purpose. In certain attack models, algorithms such as "Simon's Algorithm" can be even more effective.
Selected publications on this topic:
Lang, Nathalie, and Stefan Lucks. "On the Post-Quantum Security of Classical Authenticated Encryption Schemes." Cryptology ePrint Archive (2023) [Link].
Kelsey, John, Stefan Lucks, and Nathalie Lang. "Coalition and Threshold Hash-Based Signatures." Cryptology ePrint Archive (2022) [Link].
Leuther, Jannis, and Stefan Lucks. "QCB is Blindly Unforgeable." International Conference on Codes, Cryptology, and Information Security. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023 [Link].