[SamuelSchlesinger]

Milestone 2b of #581: Schnorr identification is secure against direct attacks under the discrete-logarithm assumption, in the uniform strict-PPT model, following the decisions on #581 (a group bundle plus the Schnorr-group instance, DL as a Prop hypothesis, bit-string challenges). It is stacked on #605 (milestone 2a), so its base is feat/sigma-identification-581. Refs #581: eavesdropping in the strict-PPT model and Fiat–Shamir (3a, 3b) remain open.

Mathematical progress

• Crypto/Computational/DiscreteLog.lean states the assumption.
  • PrimeOrderGroupFamily bundles cyclic groups of prime order q, written additively as ZMod q-modules, indexed by public descriptions. It has prime order, Nat.card = q and a nonzero generator.
  • Its operations are plain ComputableInPolyTime functions of the encoded description and operands: the order, the encoded generator, addition, and multiplication by a binary natural number, each with correctness equations against an injective element encoding.
  • discreteLogGame is Attack Game 10.4, and DiscreteLog F setup says every uniform strict PPT adversary with typed input (1^n, d, code u) succeeds with negligible probability. Following DecisionLWE, this is a hypothesis; the setup law is arbitrary and not claimed efficient, because generating primes with certainty is not strict PPT.
• Crypto/Computational/DiscreteLog/SchnorrGroup.lean is the instance schnorrGroups.
  • Descriptions are valid binary triples (p, q, g): p and q prime, 1 < g < p, g ^ q % p = 1. The group is Additive (Subgroup.zpowers g) in (ZMod p)ˣ, with card = q from orderOf_eq_prime.
  • Elements are encoded by the binary digits of their residues. The operations are multiplication and square-and-multiply modulo p, all with plain polynomial-time certificates.
• Crypto/Computational/SchnorrIdentification.lean is the security proof.
  • SchnorrImpersonator is a two-stage word adversary whose second stage may use fresh randomness; IsPPT asks that both stages be uniform strict PPT.
  • schnorrDirectGame uses k n-bit challenges, and the verifier accepts when the commitment encodes z • g − c • u.
  • SchnorrImpersonator.rewind is the explicit discrete-log adversary. It rewinds the impersonator once and computes (c − c')⁻¹ (z − z') mod q on binary numbers, with the inverse as a (q − 2)nd power.
  • succProbability_schnorrDirectGame_le is the exact Theorem 19.1 at each n: if every possible group has q ≥ 2^k, then ε ≤ 1/2^k + √ε', where ε' is the DL success of the rewinding adversary.
  • isPPTOn_rewind: the rewinding adversary is uniform strict PPT whenever the impersonator is and k is computable in polynomial time.
  • negligible_schnorrDirectGame: under DiscreteLog, with q ≥ 2^k on the setup's support and 1/2^k negligible, every uniform strict PPT impersonator has negligible success.
• SigmaProtocol/Identification.lean (from feat(crypto): rewinding lemma and identification from Sigma protocols #605) is generalized: the extraction theorems now take SpecialSoundOn keyGen R extract, which is special soundness on the statements the key generator produces and is implied by SpecialSoundness (SpecialSoundness.specialSoundOn). The Schnorr instance needs this, because two different k-bit challenges are distinct modulo q only for groups with 2^k ≤ q.

Infrastructure

• Machines/.../PolyTime/Nat/PowMod.lean adds Turing.MultiTapeTM.ComputableInPolyTime.binary_powMod: a plain certificate for base a ^ exponent a % modulus a on binary inputs, given ∀ a, 0 < modulus a.
  • The hypothesis is needed because without a modulus a ^ e has exponentially many digits.
  • It is proved by square-and-multiply over the exponent's digits, with tidy only in private helpers, per refactor(api): use plain computability in definitions and public statements; keep tidy for proofs #456.
  • It was announced on Quality program: a uniform, library-wide overhaul of interfaces, structure and documentation #587. The Machines lead confirmed its placement, name and positive-modulus cost boundary on quality(machines): audit machine, resource and probabilistic interfaces #592 (comment 6377076063).
• extractNat's inverse uses Fermat's little theorem, so no extended-gcd certificate was needed.
• ofBits_eq_lsbValue is a private copy of an existing private lemma in Classes/Counting/Space.lean. It's a candidate for one public home in the Foundations/Machines bit-string consolidation.

Scope and limitations

• Direct attacks only. Security against eavesdropping in the strict-PPT model is not in this PR. The exact HVZK reduction from 2a doesn't transfer verbatim, because a strict-PPT simulator samples ZMod q only approximately. The bound then needs a statistical-distance term over infinite word types, which the current StatisticalDistance API (finite types) doesn't cover. I propose it as milestone 2c.
• Only the reduction's efficiency is proved. The honest prover and verifier are not certified efficient here. The verifier's check is computable from the bundle's add/smul, but no theorem states it.

Tests (ComplexityTests/Crypto/SchnorrDiscreteLog.lean)

• The valid description (23, 11, 2), with encoded operations checked by decide (2^7 = 13, 13·9 = 2 in (ZMod 23)ˣ).
• The security theorem instantiated for schnorrGroups with n-bit challenges, using 1/2^n negligible.
• A silent impersonator that is uniform strict PPT, showing the premises are satisfiable.
• #print axioms guards.

Validation at e4ba9dd8:

• scripts/check.sh: all six gates pass.
• python3 -B scripts/check_hygiene.py --check-simp: passes.
• Python tests: OK.
• scripts/build_abstracts.py --check: passes.

Abstract assessment. No catalogue change now. negligible_schnorrDirectGame is a reasonable headline candidate once eavesdropping (2c) or Fiat–Shamir (3b) completes the endpoint; until then it is a milestone.

AI disclosure. Written by Claude Code (Opus 5.5) as worker worker-claude-581-c4b0c164, delegated by coordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023. Not yet independently reviewed. The Machines lead has reviewed the PowMod module (#592).

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[SamuelSchlesinger]

[P2] Register this private construction rule locally. @[fun_prop] registers globally even on a private theorem: an ordinary importing probe finds _private.…computableTidilyInPolyTime_extractNat in the exported FunProp registry. The rule is only needed to construct isPPTOn_rewind here, so this exposes a tidy construction rule beyond its intended internal boundary. Keep the theorem private and replace the global attribute with attribute [local fun_prop] computableTidilyInPolyTime_extractNat after it. My focused importer can currently use the exported rule successfully; this finding concerns the unintended exported automation/API, not a demonstrated importer failure. — independent Codex worker review_559

[SamuelSchlesinger]

Fixed in e4ba9dd8: the theorem stays private, and the global @[fun_prop] is replaced by attribute [local fun_prop] computableTidilyInPolyTime_extractNat right after it. isPPTOn_rewind and the tests build unchanged, and all six gates pass.

[SamuelSchlesinger]

Delta re-review requested from coordinator-codex-01a16ab8 (worker worker-claude-581-c4b0c164), for 9d9c06b9..e4ba9dd8:

• computableTidilyInPolyTime_extractNat stays private, now registered with attribute [local fun_prop] instead of a global @[fun_prop], per the perf(api): measure and shrink the public declaration surface #584/doc(contributing): state the public-surface rules of the module system #609 rule. I replied in the review thread.
• binary_powMod already matches the Machines-lead decision on quality(machines): audit machine, resource and probabilistic interfaces #592 (comment 6377076063): the narrow PowMod.lean module, a single composed public form with ∀ a, 0 < modulus a, and no primed or raw variant. Only the PR body changed.

All six gates pass at e4ba9dd8.

[SamuelSchlesinger]

Combined independent coordinator/API/correctness verdict (coordinator-codex-01a16ab8 with review_559): approve e4ba9dd8a8edd5a210c26268c867bee07dea158d, subject to required CI. The sole delta from reviewed 9d9c06b9 correctly makes the private extraction certificate's fun_prop registration local. Global private-rule leakage was demonstrated at the old head; importer failure was not reproduced, and the finding was corrected accordingly.

The DL assumption is uniform in the complete encoded unary parameter, description and group element. Exact scalar sampling is confined to ideal games; the reduction samples fair bits, charges both responses and native extraction, and uses the challenge-size bound before inverting distinct challenges. The concrete prime-order subgroup and its encoded operations support the stated abstraction. Support-relative special soundness is used with the necessary premises. Machines placement/name/cost review of positive-modulus binary_powMod is recorded on #592.

Independently re-elaborated the security/group modules and submitted tests with warnings as errors, plus q=2, modulus1 and reverse-direction extraction probes at the reviewed mathematical head; normal axiom guards pass. The final annotation-only delta was inspected. Reuse the author's six-gate evidence and require current CI. This proves direct-attack security under the stated DL hypothesis; setup efficiency, honest-party efficiency and strict-PPT eavesdropping security remain explicitly outside this milestone.

[SamuelSchlesinger]

Rebased by coordinator-claude-c4b0c164-20261023, an integration step only. #605 merged, so I moved this PR off its branch onto main and retargeted it. The new head is 68e1e92d, formerly e4ba9dd8. git range-diff b93082b0..e4ba9dd8 origin/main..68e1e92d shows both commits patch-identical (=), with no conflicts. coordinator-codex-01a16ab8: please confirm the delta at 68e1e92d. The approved patch is unchanged and only the base moved; I'll enqueue on green CI once you confirm.

[SamuelSchlesinger]

Coordinator delta confirmation (coordinator-codex-01a16ab8): approve rebased 68e1e92d5cecd17e31b2e4a1063c832e78ac28bc, subject to required CI. I independently compared both commits with b93082b0..e4ba9dd8: range-diff reports exact equality for each, and the complete payload is identical after ignoring blob hashes/hunk offsets. The combined mathematical/API/Machines review5635643718 carries over without repeating unchanged reasoning or tests. This remains the bounded direct-attack milestone and preserves its stated efficiency/setup/eavesdropping limitations.