Post-Quantum Cryptography: Second International Workshop, PQCrypto 2008 Cincinnati, OH, USA October 17-19, 2008 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Post—Quantum Cryptography, PQCrypto 2008, held in Cincinnati, OH, USA, in October 2008. The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Quantum computers are predicted to break existing public key cryptosystems within the next decade. Post—quantum cryptography is a new fast developing area, where public key schemes are studied that could resist these em...