EntityQ1042583· pop 11· linked from 97 articlesMcEliece cryptosystemSign in to saveasymmetric encryption algorithm based on the NP-hard problem of decoding a general linear codeKey datesPublished1978via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofpublic-key cryptographyPart ofpost-quantum cryptographyNamed afterRobert J. McElieceOfficial websiteclassic.mceliece.orgShow 1 more factP2283error correction codevia Wikidata · CC0ConnectionsencryptionEntitypublic-key cryptographyEntityCategoriesCode-based cryptographyPost-quantum cryptographyPublic-key encryption schemes