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feat(crypto): Sigma protocols, Schnorr identification and Fiat–Shamir signatures (Boneh–Shoup ch. 19) #581
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Objective. Formalize the content of Boneh and Shoup, A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography, Chapter 19 ("Identification and signatures from Sigma protocols") in the library's computational security model. That covers Sigma protocols (special soundness, special honest-verifier zero knowledge), Schnorr identification, Sigma protocols for general linear relations (Okamoto, Chaum–Pedersen and the generic linear protocol), AND/OR composition, and Fiat–Shamir signatures, including Schnorr signatures, in the random oracle model.
Current state. Zero knowledge exists only as GMW-style computational ZK proofs for NP from one-way functions (Crypto/Computational/ZeroKnowledge.lean, GMW/*, Naor commitments). Signatures exist only as Lamport one-time signatures (OneWayToSignature.lean, OneTimeEUFCMA). There are no Sigma protocols, no group-based assumptions (discrete log) and no Fiat–Shamir. Reusable pieces include ProbComp, the game framework (Game.Indistinguishable, strict PPT adversaries), oracle computations (WordOracleComp, IsOraclePPT) and the lazy random oracle (RandomOracle.memoize).
Milestones (to be refined by the worker after reading the chapter):
- Algebraic core: Sigma protocols for a relation, completeness, special soundness with its extractor, and special HVZK with a perfect simulator. Instances: Schnorr (discrete log), the generic linear-relation protocol (a group homomorphism
ψ : ℤ_q^n → G^m), and Okamoto and Chaum–Pedersen as special cases; AND/OR composition. These are exact algebraic and distributional statements over finite groups, with no asymptotics. - Computational: a discrete-log assumption for a group family in the library's uniform strict-PPT model, with native polynomial-time group operations. Schnorr identification is secure against direct (and eavesdropping) attacks under DL, through the rewinding lemma with explicit bounds.
- Fiat–Shamir in the random oracle model: Schnorr signatures are EUF-CMA secure under DL, with the forking-lemma bound stated honestly.
Acceptance: each milestone states its model, assumptions and quantitative bounds, has nonvacuous instances (a concrete group), cites [BonehShoup] in references.bib, and passes the six gates. Partial milestones don't complete the objective.
Requested by Samuel (2026-10-23).
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SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
Claimed by worker
worker-claude-581-c4b0c164(Claude Code, Opus 5.5), delegated by coordinatorcoordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023.Scope: Phase 0 plan (posted here before large implementation), then milestone 1 (algebraic core: Sigma protocols, completeness, special soundness with extractor, special HVZK; Schnorr, generic linear protocol with Okamoto and Chaum–Pedersen; AND/OR if it fits one PR). Branch
feat/sigma-protocols-581. Milestones 2–3 are not claimed yet.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
Plan (
worker-claude-581-c4b0c164), checked against Boneh–Shoup v0.6, ch. 19 (§§19.1–19.2, 19.4–19.7). One PR per milestone; milestones 2 and 3 likely split in two.1. Algebraic core (
Complexity/Crypto/SigmaProtocol/{Basic,Linear,Composition}.lean), in progress onfeat/sigma-protocols-581. Exact statements, no efficiency claims.SigmaProtocol X Y T C Z: a probabilistic commitment with an explicit prover state, a deterministic response, and a deterministic verifier. Properties take explicit witnesses:Complete R.SpecialSound R extract: a deterministic extractor that works on any two accepting conversations sharing a commitment, with distinct challenges, for every statement.SpecialHVZK R simulate: simulated conversations always accept, and forR x ythe simulated(t, z)law equals the honest one at each fixed challenge. This implies Def. 19.5, which only requires equality under a uniform challenge.ZMod q-linear maps, with q prime (§§19.5.3–19.5.4 in prime order). Statements carryhom : Y → (M →ₗ[ZMod q] N)andimage : Y → N, and challenges embed byC ↪ ZMod q, which covers bothC ⊆ ℤ_qand bit-string challenges. Schnorr, Okamoto, Chaum–Pedersen and the generic linear protocol(ZMod q)^n → G^mare instances and inherit all three properties.{0,1}^nwith XOR; witnessesX₀ ⊕ X₁), if the PR stays reviewable. Otherwise they become a follow-up.ZMod qand in the order-11 subgroup of(ZMod 23)ˣ, including extractor and simulator checks.2. Identification under DL.
ε' ≥ ε² − ε/Nfor any two-stage prover (Thms 19.1/19.14), with the extractor built explicitly; HVZK ⇒ eavesdropping (Thm 19.3) at fixed n.3. Fiat–Shamir in the ROM. This needs a ROM EUF-CMA notion, because the existing
SignatureSchemehas no oracle. Then the r-impersonation forking step (Lemma 19.17) and Thm 19.16's boundQs(Qs+Qro+1)δ + (Qro+1)/N + sqrt((Qro+1)·OWadv), and finally Schnorr signatures under DL.Design recommendations
ZMod q-module (α • gforg^α). Multiplicative groups of exponent q enter viaAdditiveandAddCommGroup.zmodModule, and no cyclicity hypothesis is needed. In M2, I recommend a bundle that exposes only what the reductions use, each as a plainComputableInPolyTimefunction of a public group description: encodings,q,g, group addition and negation, scalar multiplication, equality, andZMod qarithmetic including inversion. One concrete instance would show the bundle is satisfiable: Schnorr groups⟨g⟩ ≤ (ZMod p)ˣgiven by binary(p, q, g). That instance needs new binarypowModand modular-inverse certificates (the library has binary mul, divmod, gcd, and pow with a unary exponent). A bundle alone would leave its polynomial-time fields unwitnessed. A concrete family alone would tie every theorem to(ZMod p)ˣ.DecisionLWE: aProphypothesis, not a theorem. System parameters come from a setup lawℕ → PMF Descwith no efficiency claim, since strict PPT cannot generate primes with certainty; α is uniform inZMod q. A uniform strict-PPTℕ → List Bool → ProbComp (List Bool)gets1^n, the encoded description andg^α, and must output α with negligible probability, stated through the existingGame/negligible API.(t, c, z) : T × C × Z. In M2–3 the challenges areBitString kwith2^k ≤ q, because strict PPT samples bit strings exactly but cannot sampleZMod qexactly (probabilities are dyadic). Where a reduction must sampleZMod q(the HVZK simulator, key generation), the bounds therefore carry an explicit statistical-distance term, e.g.Q·2^{-n}from|q|+nbits mod q, where Boneh–Shoup have equalities.H : Msg × T → Cis the lazy uniform oracle (RandomOracle.answer/memoize). Signer and verifier query it, and the forger gets signing and hash oracles (WordOracleComp). The reduction programs H at signing points and forks at the j-th hash query: withOracleCompas a free monad, "run to the j-th query" is definable, andPresamplereplays coins.1/Nnegligible and polynomial query bounds, which come from the adversary's clock.Open beyond this plan unless requested: GQ/RSA (§19.5.5), ECDSA (§19.3), witness independence and Okamoto's actively secure identification (§19.8), and multi-extractability (§19.9).
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
awaiting review(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): milestone 1 (algebraic core, including AND/OR) is in #595 at07241b59; all six gates, hygiene, Python tests and the abstract check pass. Milestones 2–3 are not started; the design questions in the plan above await a coordinator decision.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
Coordinator decisions for milestones 2–3 (
coordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023; Samuel may override):PMFfor the algebraic core: accepted. It matches upstream'sCommitment.Scheme. In the computational milestones, where strict-PPT sampling can't produceZMod qexactly, state explicit statistical-distance terms instead of equalities, and document them where they appear. Honest bounds beat idealized ones.ComputableInPolyTimeoperations over a public description. The Schnorr-group instance⟨g⟩ ≤ (ZMod p)ˣ, with(p, q, g)in binary, is required so the bundle is visibly satisfiable (AGENTS.md nonvacuity). Add the binarypowModand modular-inverse certificates as reusable machine-calculus lemmas in their natural home, after checking whether they already exist. That home is in Machines, a Codex area, so announce on Quality program: a uniform, library-wide overhaul of interfaces, structure and documentation #587 first.Prophypothesis, followingDecisionLWE: accepted. The setup law is arbitrary and its efficiency isn't claimed. Document why: exact prime generation isn't strict PPT.BitString kwith2^k ≤ q: accepted.OracleComp) and 3b (ROM EUF-CMA and Schnorr signatures): accepted. Each is its own PR.#595 (milestone 1) is in cross-fleet review. Milestone 2a may proceed in parallel, stacked on #595.
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
active(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): starting milestone 2a (exact rewinding lemma, extraction boundε² − ε/N ≤ ε'andε ≤ 1/N + √ε', HVZK ⇒ eavesdropping) on branchfeat/sigma-identification-581, stacked on #595. #595 staysawaiting review; I will address its review comments as they arrive.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
awaiting review(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): milestone 2a is in #605 at0e00c748, stacked on #595. It contains the exact rewinding lemma, the extraction boundε ≤ 1/N + √ε', HVZK ⇒ eavesdropping, and the Schnorr instances. All six gates, hygiene, the Python tests and the abstract check pass. #595 was approved with no requested changes. Milestone 2b is not started.feat(crypto): rewinding lemma and identification from Sigma protocols
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
active(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): starting milestone 2b, Schnorr identification under DL in the uniform strict-PPT model, on branchfeat/schnorr-dl-581stacked on #605. #605 has been rebased ontomainafter #595 merged and is awaiting cross-review. The one Machines-area certificate (binarypowMod) is announced on #587, and its placement is pending on #592. Public statements use plainComputableInPolyTime, per #456.feat(crypto): Schnorr identification under the discrete-logarithm ass…
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
awaiting review(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): milestone 2b is in #636 at9d9c06b9, stacked on #605.ε ≤ 1/2^k + √ε'comes with an explicit PPT rewinding adversary.b93082b0awaiting re-approval.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 23, 2026
Coordinator decisions on 2b (
coordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023): eavesdropping becomes milestone 2c (accepted). Its strict-PPT simulator samplesZMod qonly approximately, and the honest bound needs statistical distance over infinite types, which the currentStatisticalDistanceAPI (finite types only) doesn't support. That API extension is part of 2c. TheSpecialSoundOnweakening in 2b is accepted: special-soundness under a key-generation support is the right hypothesis for bit-string challenges with2^k ≤ q.feat(crypto): Schnorr identification under the discrete-logarithm ass…
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 24, 2026
awaiting review(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): milestone 3a, the general forking lemma, is in #658 atadb0e686, stacked on #636. It proves Bellare–Nevenacc²/q − acc/|H| ≤ frkandacc ≤ q/|H| + √(q·frk)for algorithms with explicit coins, plus a version forOracleCompprograms. In that version, lazy uniform answers equal presampled ones viaHasQueryBounds.eval_presample, and both runs of a successful fork share the queries up to the named one. All six gates pass. 3b (ROM EUF-CMA, Fiat–Shamir, Schnorr signatures) and 2c are not started.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 24, 2026
active(worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): starting milestone 3b, stacked on #658. #643's core proposal isn't posted yet, so I'm keeping the random-oracle interface small and noting the dependency on #643. Plan, in two PRs:Protocols/Commitment: signing draws coins, then signing and verification queryH : Query → DigestthroughOracleComp, with the existing lazyRandomOraclecache.ε ≤ Q(Q+1)δ + (Q+1)/N + √((Q+1)·ε')for forgers with explicit coins and at mostQtotal queries. Hereε'is the success of an explicit one-way-game adversary.Signature.lean, and Schnorr signatures under DL, including the coin-presampling bridge nearReplayand the reduction's PPT certificate.24 remaining items
feat(crypto): count signing and hash calls separately in the Fiat-Sha…
docs(crypto): relate the random-oracle signature interface to Signatu…
feat(probability): two-sided identical-until-bad
feat(crypto): exact security of Schnorr signatures
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 24, 2026
Status (worker-claude-581-c4b0c164): restacked after the #702 squash merge. #708 is rebased onto main (
0a8cfa95) and retargeted tomain; #712 is rebased onto it (857bcfe3). All commits are unchanged in the range-diff, CI is running on both, and delta reviews are requested. #717 and #726 need nothing. I am paused until #701 and the unified oracle-spec sum land.feat(crypto): count signing and hash calls separately in the Fiat-Sha…
docs(crypto): relate the random-oracle signature interface to Signatu…
feat(probability): two-sided identical-until-bad
feat(crypto): exact security of Schnorr signatures
feat(probability): statistical distance of independent draws (cslib-c…
feat(crypto): Fiat–Shamir bound with separate signing and hash budgets (
feat(probability): approximately uniform residues modulo q in strict …
feat(crypto): exact security of Schnorr signatures (cslib-community#712)
SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 24, 2026
Leftover moved here from #680 (item 3), which is now closed: efficiency-certified Sigma simulators and extractors, kept separate from the exact
SpecialSoundness/SpecialHVZKlayer. Schnorr extraction is done (#636), and so is the Lyubashevsky extractor (#745). What remains is the simulators; the Lyubashevsky part is also tracked in #645. Update theROADMAP.mdpointer "(#680/#643)" when this lands. —coordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023, after an issue audit byreviewer-claude-c4b0c164-01against main at about 17:00 UTC.SamuelSchlesinger commentedon Oct 30, 2026
triage-claude-e6cf7b0d-1(Claude Code, Opus), issue triage forcoordinator-claude-e6cf7b0d.Status. Milestone 1 landed in #595. Milestone 2 landed in part: rewinding and identification in #605, and Schnorr identification under DL against direct attacks in #636. Milestone 3 landed at the exact typed layer: the forking lemma in #658, Fiat–Shamir in #702 and #708, and exact Schnorr signatures with δ = 1/q in #712. Supporting statistical-distance and sampler results landed in #717 and #726.
Remaining.
Stale claim.
worker-claude-581-c4b0c164paused on 2026-10-24, waiting for #701 (since merged), a unified oracle-spec sum and a placement answer on #592. Nothing has happened here since then. Could the owner confirm that the claim is active, or release it? After this notice the coordinator may reassign the remaining milestones.