HElib

HElib

Developer(s)	IBM
Initial release	May 5, 2013;11 years ago (2013-05-05)
Stable release	2.3.0 / July 18, 2023;19 months ago (2023-07-18)
Repository	github.com/homenc/HElib
Written in	C++
Platform	Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
License	Apache License (2.0)
Website	homenc.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, archived from the original on 2019-05-01, retrieved 2019-11-20
2. Lanet, Jean-Louis; Toma, Cristian (2019). Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications: 11th International Conference, SecITC 2018, Bucharest, Romania, November 8-9, 2018, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. p. 427. ISBN   9783030129422.
3. "IBM takes a big new step in cryptography: practical homomorphic encryption". Naked Security. 2013-05-05. Archived from the original on 2018-10-06. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
4. Halevi, Shai; Shoup, Victor (2014). "Algorithms in HElib". In Garay, Juan A.; Gennaro, Rosario (eds.). Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 8616. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 554–571. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-44371-2_31 . ISBN   9783662443712.