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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-3028</article-id>
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        <article-title>Cryptographic protocols based on graph isomorphism hardness</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Sharma</surname>
            <given-names>Prabhat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Centre for Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, 140417, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Mani</surname>
            <given-names>M. Radhika</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, Pragati Engineering College, Surampalem, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh, 533437, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Zade</surname>
            <given-names>Mahesh M.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Electronics &amp; Telecommunication Engineering, S. K. N. Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra, 413304, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Bhavani</surname>
            <given-names>I.  Durga</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science, Aditya Degree &amp; PG Colleges (Autonomous), Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, 533003, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Snehaa</surname>
            <given-names>R.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Humanities and Sciences (Mathematics Division), Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Paiyanoor, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 603104, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Rohini</surname>
            <given-names>Kasturi</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500088, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>10-A</issue>
      <fpage>4021</fpage>
      <lpage>4032</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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        <p>Graph isomorphism (GI) has turned out to be an attractive basis of the construction of secure cryptographic protocols because it has a special set of computational hardness properties, not in the classical NP-complete classes. This article introduces a new cryptographic system that utilizes the graph isomorphism hardness where pairs of graphs of the same structure are used to conduct secure communication through the use of permutation-based mappings. The protocol proposed presents a strong public- private key architecture in which isomorphic graph transformations are encryption primitives. The security properties and resistance to structural inference attacks are modeled by creating a mathematical formulation. The encryption algorithm uses randomized permutations to hide the correspondences between the vertex with confidentiality and unpredictability. The efficiency and the possible quantum resistance of the proposed approach is compared to the NP-complete and post-quantum cryptographic assumptions, which helps to draw the comparative analysis.</p>
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        <kwd>Graph isomorphism</kwd>
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        <kwd>Post-quantum security</kwd>
        <kwd>Lightweight cryptography</kwd>
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