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On Probability of Success in Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis

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Security in Communication Networks (SCN 2002)

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Despite their widespread usage in block cipher analysis, the success probability estimation of differential and linear cryptanalytic attacks has traditionally been carried out in a rather ad hoc fashion. In this paper, we present an analytical calculation of the success probability of these attacks. Besides providing a sound formulation of the success probabilities, the analysis reveals some previously unnoticed factors affecting the success of an attack, such as the attacked key length in differential cryptanalysis. The results apply to an extended sense of the term “success” where the correct key is found not necessarily as the highest-ranking candidate but within a set of highest-ranking candidates.

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  1. Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univeristy, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Ali Aydin Selçuk

  2. Maryland Center for Telecommunications ResearchDepartment of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 21250, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Ali Biçak

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica ed Applicazioni, Università di Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081, Baronissi (SA), Italy

    Stelvio Cimato  & Giuseppe Persiano  & 

  2. Dept. of Computer Engineering and Informatics, Computer Technology Institute and University of Patras, 26500, Rio, Greece

    Clemente Galdi

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Aydin Selçuk, A., Biçak, A. (2003). On Probability of Success in Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis. In: Cimato, S., Persiano, G., Galdi, C. (eds) Security in Communication Networks. SCN 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2576. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36413-7_13

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