Package libmceliece: Information

libmceliece is a Classic McEliece microlibrary. libmceliece has a very
simple stateless API based on the SUPERCOP API, with wire-format inputs
and outputs, providing functions that directly match the KEM operations
provided by Classic McEliece, such as functions

    mceliece6960119_keypair
    mceliece6960119_enc
    mceliece6960119_dec

for the mceliece6960119 KEM.

Internally, libmceliece is based on the official Classic McEliece
software, specifically the vec implementation (designed to work portably
across CPUs) and the avx implementation (designed for higher performance
on Intel/AMD CPUs with AVX2 instructions). libmceliece includes automatic
run-time selection of implementations.

libmceliece is intended to be called by larger multi-function libraries
(such as traditional cryptographic libraries), including libraries in
other languages via FFI. The idea is that libmceliece takes responsibility
for the details of Classic McEliece computation, including optimization,
timing-attack protection, and (in ongoing work) verification, freeing up
the calling libraries to concentrate on application-specific needs such
as protocol integration. Applications can also call libmceliece directly.

Package libmceliece: Information

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