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Master's Thesis
Author of thesis: Ing. Daniel Prachař
Acad. year: 2025/2026
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Lukáš Malina, Ph.D.
Reviewer: Ing. Adéla Felcmanová
This master's thesis addresses the emerging threat of quantum computers and analyzes quantum-resistant methods for privacy protection. Both topics are currently widely discussed in the fields of security and cryptography. Quantum computers pose a significant risk to certain cryptographic systems therefore, it is essential to analyze and develop new secure methods capable of resisting this threat. With the increasing digitization of personal data, Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) have become a necessity, yet their current implementations often rely on vulnerable asymmetric algorithms. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on describing quantum computers, quantum phenomena, and their impact on modern cryptography. Subsequently, the current state of quantum computer development is analyzed, families of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms including current standardization efforts are introduced and existing methods for user privacy protection are described. Furthermore, a comparative analysis of computational and memory requirements is conducted for zero-knowledge protocols (zk-SNARK, zk-STARK), group signatures, and attribute-based authentication schemes based on academic literature. Based on this comparison, the suitability of these methods for practical deployment was evaluated, and the attribute-based credential construction by Argo et al. was selected to demonstrate a specific user scenario. The practical part of the thesis is dedicated to implementing this solution as a fully functional web-based demonstrator. The proposed software architecture combines a low-level cryptographic core implemented in C with an asynchronous orchestration layer in Python and an interactive user interface. The developed demonstrator covers the entire credential lifecycle from secure issuance and local encrypted storage to anonymous proof of attribute ownership using zero-knowledge proofs. The thesis concludes with a performance evaluation of the demonstrator. The measurement results show that the optimized post-quantum system achieves latencies acceptable for real-world deployment on standard computing devices.
Attribute-based authentication, Group signature, Lattice-based cryptography, Post-quantum cryptography, Practical Demonstrator, Privacy protection, Zero-knowledge proof
Date of defence
09.06.2026
Result of the defence
Defended (thesis was successfully defended)
Grading
A
Process of defence
Student prezentoval výsledky své práce a komise byla seznámena s posudky. Student obhájil diplomovou práci a odpověděl na otázky členů komise a oponenta. Otázky: 1) V popisu vydávání pověření uvádíte, že vydavatel ověřuje korektnost dat vložených do mřížkového závazku, aby uživatel nemohl podvádět. Co přesně tento kryptografický důkaz garantuje a které kontroly by musely být zajištěny mimo samotný protokol? 2) V závěru práce se zmiňujete o možnostech dalšího postupu, jako je implementace selektivního zveřejňování atributů nebo podpora revokace. Které z těchto rozšíření by podle vás bylo nejjednodušší realizovat a které by naopak mělo největší přínos pro praktické nasazení?
Language of thesis
Czech
Faculty
Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií
Department
Department of Telecommunications
Study programme
Information Security (MPC-IBE)
Composition of Committee
doc. Ing. Václav Zeman, Ph.D. (předseda) doc. Ing. Tomáš Horváth, Ph.D. (místopředseda) Mgr. Václav Stupka, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Karel Kuchař, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Pavel Nevlud (člen) Ing. Jan Pospíšil, Ph.D. (člen) Ing. Pavel Paluřík (člen) Ing. Pavel Pirohovič (člen)
Supervisor’s reportdoc. Ing. Lukáš Malina, Ph.D.
Grade proposed by supervisor: A
Reviewer’s reportIng. Adéla Felcmanová
Grade proposed by reviewer: B
Responsibility: Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Odstrčilová