The Classic McEliece software is in the public domain. The software is constant-time: there is no data flow from secrets to branch conditions etc. Software releases:
- November 2021, in the SUPERCOP benchmarking package. This release includes full TIMECOP support.
- October 2020, in the round-3 NISTPQC submission package.
- June 2020, in SUPERCOP.
- July 2019, in SUPERCOP.
- April 2019, in the round-2 NISTPQC submission package.
- August 2018, in SUPERCOP.
- December 2017, in the round-1 NISTPQC submission package.
The following publicly verifiable cycle counts on an Intel Haswell
(hiphop)
are from supercop-20211108,
using the November 2021 software:
| quartile | median | quartile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 168578 | 171064 | 173838 | mceliece8192128 enc |
| 148898 | 153138 | 160230 | mceliece6960119 enc |
| 143986 | 157707 | 179495 | mceliece6688128 enc |
| 80543 | 91930 | 115660 | mceliece460896 enc |
| 44114 | 69201 | 71493 | mceliece348864 enc |
| 320365 | 321052 | 322352 | mceliece8192128 dec |
| 294740 | 295032 | 295336 | mceliece6960119 dec |
| 314218 | 314893 | 316883 | mceliece6688128 dec |
| 270398 | 270698 | 271471 | mceliece460896 dec |
| 130573 | 131008 | 133465 | mceliece348864 dec |
| 306032114 | 307554161 | 308550415 | mceliece8192128f keygen |
| 239442080 | 239885320 | 241855680 | mceliece6960119f keygen |
| 258398342 | 261122844 | 261569457 | mceliece6688128f keygen |
| 115277310 | 115495988 | 117864058 | mceliece460896f keygen |
| 32650075 | 32917016 | 33579069 | mceliece348864f keygen |
| 397596693 | 487441837 | 666422988 | mceliece8192128 keygen |
| 243318252 | 320236790 | 474269490 | mceliece6960119 keygen |
| 265138179 | 440307776 | 618694662 | mceliece6688128 keygen |
| 109584128 | 145847732 | 218387337 | mceliece460896 keygen |
| 33801260 | 54278826 | 65224207 | mceliece348864 keygen |
Version: This is version 2021.11.09 of the "Software" web page.