SPHINCS+
- Algorithm type: signature
- Main cryptographic assumption: hash-based signatures
- Scheme authors: Andreas Hulsing, Daniel J. Bernstein, Christoph Dobraunig, Maria Eichlseder, Scott Fluhrer, Stefan-Lukas Gazdag, Panos Kampanakis, Stefan Kolbl, Tanja Lange, Martin M Lauridsen, Florian Mendel, Ruben Niederhagen, Christian Rechberger, Joost Rijneveld, Peter Schwabe, Jean-Philippe Aumasson
- Authors’ website: https://sphincs.org/
- Version: NIST Round 2 submission
Implementation
- Source of implementation: https://github.com/sphincs/sphincsplus
- Implementation version: https://github.com/PQClean/PQClean.git, master, 19b438ba5c7c3a6f2194cd8bda14821dc33c64a3
- License: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Constant-time: Yes
- Optimizations: Portable C with AES, AVX2 instructions (if available at run-time)
Parameter sets
| Parameter set | Security model | Claimed NIST security level | Public key size (bytes) | Secret key size (bytes) | Signature size (bytes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-128f-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-128f-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-128s-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-128s-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-192f-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-192f-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-192s-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-192s-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-256f-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-256f-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-256s-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |
| SPHINCS+-Haraka-256s-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-128f-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-128f-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-128s-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-128s-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-192f-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-192f-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-192s-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-192s-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-256f-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-256f-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-256s-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |
| SPHINCS+-SHA256-256s-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-128f-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-128f-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 17088 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-128s-robust | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-128s-simple | EUF-CMA | 1 | 32 | 64 | 7856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-192f-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-192f-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 35664 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-192s-robust | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-192s-simple | EUF-CMA | 3 | 48 | 96 | 16224 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-256f-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-256f-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 49856 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-256s-robust | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |
| SPHINCS+-SHAKE256-256s-simple | EUF-CMA | 5 | 64 | 128 | 29792 |