Performance Evaluation of Classic McEliece Post Quantum Cryptography

Classic cryptography algorithms have become more fragile and vulnerable to modern attacks. The advancement of quantum computers and its attacks are now a big threat to the classic cryptography which uses hard mathematical calculation for security, that leads to the commence of the post quantum cryptography which are resistant to the quantum attacks. National Institute of Standardization and Technology is in process of standardizing the post quantum cryptography algorithm based on different factors like encapsulation, decapsulation time, keypair generation time, speed etc. In this paper we will discuss about the performance evaluation of post quantum cryptography algorithms especially the power consumption of Classic McEliece algorithm and its different variation which comes under code-based cryptography. The evaluated results are tabulated and categorized based on the different principles used and the factors leading to major power consumption is identified.