<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A totally involutional, highly scalable PP-1 cipher is proposed, evaluated and discussed. Having very low memory requirements and using only simple and fast arithmetic operations, the cipher is aimed at platforms with limited resources, e.g., smartcards. At the core of the cipher's processing is a carefully designed S-box. The paper discusses in detail all aspects of PP-1 cipher design including S-box construction, permutation and round key scheduling. The quality of the PP-1 cipher is also evaluated with respect to linear cryptanalysis and other attacks. PP-1's concurrent error detection is also discussed. Some processing speed test results are given and compared with those of other ciphers.</p></abstract>

A totally involutional, highly scalable PP-1 cipher is proposed, evaluated and discussed. Having very low memory requirements and using only simple and fast arithmetic operations, the cipher is aimed at platforms with limited resources, e.g., smartcards. At the core of the cipher's processing is a carefully designed S-box. The paper discusses in detail all aspects of PP-1 cipher design including S-box construction, permutation and round key scheduling. The quality of the PP-1 cipher is also evaluated with respect to linear cryptanalysis and other attacks. PP-1's concurrent error detection is also discussed. Some processing speed test results are given and compared with those of other ciphers.

Scalable PP-1 block cipher

Institute of Control and Information Engineering, Poznań University of Technology, pl. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznań, Poland

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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A totally involutional, highly scalable PP-1 cipher is proposed, evaluated and discussed. Having very low memory requirements and using only simple and fast...

Scalable PP-1 block cipher

Publié en ligne: 02 juil. 2010

Pages: 401 - 411

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-010-0030-6

Mots clés
symmetric cipher, scalable cipher, S-box construction, resistance against cryptanalysis, error detection

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Scalable PP-1 block cipher

Publié en ligne: 02 juil. 2010

Pages: 401 - 411

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10006-010-0030-6

Mots cléssymmetric cipher, scalable cipher, S-box construction, resistance against cryptanalysis, error detection

This content is open access.

Mots clés
symmetric cipher, scalable cipher, S-box construction, resistance against cryptanalysis, error detection