Software:HElib

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HElib
Developer(s)IBM
Initial releaseMay 5, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-05-05)
Stable release
2.2.1 / October 1, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-10-01)
Repositorygithub.com/homenc/HElib
Written inC++
PlatformMicrosoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
LicenseApache License (2.0)
Websitehomenc.github.io/HElib

Homomorphic Encryption library or HElib is a free and open-source cross platform software developed by IBM that implements various forms of homomorphic encryption.[1][2]

History

HElib was primarily developed by Shai Halevi and Victor Shoup, shortly after Craig Gentry was a researcher at IBM, with the initial release being on May 5, 2013.[3]

Features

The library implements the Brakerski-Gentry-Vaikuntanathan (BGV) fully homomorphic encryption scheme, as well as optimizations such as Smart-Vercauteren ciphertext packing techniques.[4]

HElib is written in C++ and uses the NTL mathematical library.

References

  1. An Implementation of homomorphic encryption., homenc, 2019-11-20, https://github.com/homenc/HElib, retrieved 2019-11-20 
  2. Lanet, Jean-Louis; Toma, Cristian (2019) (in en). Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications: 11th International Conference, SecITC 2018, Bucharest, Romania, November 8-9, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. pp. 427. ISBN 9783030129422. https://books.google.com/books?id=IciGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA427. 
  3. "IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption" (in en). 2013-05-05. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/05/ibm-takes-big-new-step-in-cryptography/. 
  4. Halevi, Shai; Shoup, Victor (2014). "Algorithms in HElib". in Garay, Juan A.; Gennaro, Rosario (in en). Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 8616. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 554–571. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-44371-2_31. ISBN 9783662443712.