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New Cryptanalysis of the Fiat-Shamir Protocol

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Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2025-09-09

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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A blog post discusses a new academic paper that presents theoretical attacks on the Fiat–Shamir transformation, extending known weaknesses to less contrived scenarios while stressing there is no clear real-world cryptanalytic impact. The author emphasizes that the results preclude general proofs of security for Fiat–Shamir and underscore ongoing uncertainty about its exact security guarantees.

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