Publication

Towards a Theory of Symmetric Encryption

Serge Vaudenay
1998
Reports

Abstract

Motivée par le commerce et l'industrie, la recherche publique dans le domaine du chiffrement symétrique s'est considérablement développée depuis vingt cinq ans si bien qu'il est maintenant possible d'en faire le bilan. La recherche a tout d'abord progressé de manière empirique. De nombreux algorithmes de chiffrement fondés sur la notion de réseau de substitutions et de permutations ont été proposés, suivis d'attaques dédiées contre eux. Cela a permis de définir des stratégies générales: les méthodes d'attaques différentielles, linéaires et statistiques, et les méthodes génériques fondées sur la notion de boîte noire. En modélisant ces attaques on a trouvé en retour des règles utiles dans la conception d'algorithmes sûrs: la notion combinatoire de multipermutation pour les fonctions élémentaires, le contrôle de la diffusion par des critères géométriques de réseau de calcul, l'étude algébrique de la non-linéarité, ... Enfin, on montre que la sécurité face à un grand nombre de classes d'attaques classiques est assurée grâce à la notion de décorrélation par une preuve formelle. Ces principes sont à l'origine de deux algorithmes particuliers: la fonction CS-Cipher qui permet un chiffrement à haut débit et une sécurité heuristique, et le candidat DFC au processus de standardisation AES, prototype d'algorithme fondé sur la notion de décorrélation.

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Serge Vaudenay
1998
Reports

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/946006de-0be6-4764-8648-fbfa6f95daff

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Encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can decipher a ciphertext back to plaintext and access the original information. Encryption does not itself prevent interference but denies the intelligible content to a would-be interceptor. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm.

Symmetric-key algorithm

Symmetric-key algorithms are algorithms for cryptography that use the same cryptographic keys for both the encryption of plaintext and the decryption of ciphertext. The keys may be identical, or there may be a simple transformation to go between the two keys. The keys, in practice, represent a shared secret between two or more parties that can be used to maintain a private information link. The requirement that both parties have access to the secret key is one of the main drawbacks of symmetric-key encryption, in comparison to public-key encryption (also known as asymmetric-key encryption).

Encryption software

Encryption software is software that uses cryptography to prevent unauthorized access to digital information. Cryptography is used to protect digital information on computers as well as the digital information that is sent to other computers over the Internet. There are many software products which provide encryption. Software encryption uses a cipher to obscure the content into ciphertext. One way to classify this type of software is the type of cipher used.