• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.252-256
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• 2014

Traditional block cipher Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is widely used in the field of network security, but it has high overhead on each operation. In the 15th international workshop on information security applications, a novel lightweight and low-power encryption algorithm named low-power encryption algorithm (LEA) was released. This algorithm has certain useful features for hardware and software implementations, that is, simple addition, rotation, exclusive-or (ARX) operations, non-Substitute-BOX architecture, and 32-bit word size. In this study, we further improve the LEA encryptions for cloud computing. The Web-based implementations include JavaScript and assembly codes. Unlike normal implementation, JavaScript does not support unsigned integer and rotation operations; therefore, we present several techniques for resolving this issue. Furthermore, the proposed method yields a speed-optimized result and shows high performance enhancements. Each implementation is tested using various Web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox, and on various devices including personal computers and mobile devices. These results extend the use of LEA encryption to any circumstance.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.32 no.4C
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• pp.454-461
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• 2007

The next-generation computer is the ultra-lightweight mobile computer that communicates with peripheral handhold devices and provides dynamically the services appropriate to user. To provide the dynamic services on the ultra-lightweight mobile computer, security problem for user or computer system information should be solved and security mechanism is necessary for the ultra-lightweight mobile computing environment that has battery limit and low performance. In this paper, the security mechanism on the component based middleware for the ultra-lightweight mobile computer was implemented using RC-5 cipher algorithm and SHA-1 authentication algorithm. The security components are dynamically loaded and executed into the component based middleware on the ultra-lightweight mobile computer.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

Lightweight Encryption Algorithm(LEA) was developed by National Security Research Institute(NSRI) in 2013 and targeted to be suitable for environments for big data processing, cloud service, and mobile. LEA specifies the 128-bit message block size and 128-, 192-, and 256-bit key sizes. In this paper, block cipher LEA algorithm which can encrypt and decrypt 128-bit messages is designed using Verilog-HDL. The designed IP for encryption and decryption has a maximum throughput of 874Mbps in 128-bit key mode and that of 749Mbps in 192 and 656Mbps in 256-bit key modes on Xilinx Vertex5. The cryptographic IP of this paper is applicable as security module of the mobile areas such as smart card, internet banking, e-commerce and IoT.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.585-592
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• 2014

In this paper, we study the LEA[1] block cipher system in UICC-16bit only. Also, we explain a key-schedule function and encryption/decryption structures, propose an advanced modified key-scheduling, and perform LEA in UICC-16bit that we proposed advanced modified key-scheduling. Also, we compare LEA with ARIA that proposed domestic standard block cipher, and we evaluate the efficiency on the LEA algorithm.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.453-460
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• 2022

As high-performance quantum computers are expected to be developed, studies are being actively conducted to build a post-quantum security system that is safe from potential quantum computer attacks. When the Grover's algorithm, a representative quantum algorithm, is used to search for a secret key in a symmetric key cryptography, there may be a safety problem in that the security strength of the cipher is reduced to the square root. NIST presents the post-quantum security strength estimated based on the cost of the Grover's algorithm required for an attack of the cryptographic algorithm as a post-quantum security requirement for symmetric key cryptography. The estimated cost of Grover's algorithm for the attack of symmetric key cryptography is determined by the quantum circuit complexity of the corresponding encryption algorithm. In this paper, the quantum circuit of the SCHWAEMM algorithm, AEAD family of SPARKLE, which was a finalist in NIST's lightweight cryptography competition, is efficiently implemented, and the quantum cost to apply the Grover's algorithm is analyzed. At this time, the cost according to the CDKM ripple-carry adder and the unbounded Fan-Out adder is compared together. Finally, we evaluate the post-quantum security strength of the lightweight cryptography SPARKLE SCHWAEMM algorithm based on the analyzed cost and NIST's post-quantum security requirements. A quantum programming tool, ProjectQ, is used to implement the quantum circuit and analyze its cost.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.391-404
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• 2022

Aron Gohr proposed a cryptanalysis method based on deep learning technology for the lightweight block cipher Speck. This is a method that enables a chosen plaintext attack with higher accuracy than the classical differential cryptanalysis. In this paper, by using the probability distribution, we analyze the mechanism of such deep learning based cryptanalysis and propose the results applied to the lightweight block cipher Simon. In addition, we examine that the probability distributions of the predicted values of the neural networks within the cryptanalysis working processes are different depending upon the characteristics of round functions of Speck and Simon, and suggest a direction to improve the efficiency of the neural distinguisher which is the core technology of Aron Gohr's cryptanalysis.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.3421-3437
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• 2018

With the enlargement of wireless technology, vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are rising as a hopeful way to realize smart cities and address a lot of vital transportation problems such as road security, convenience, and efficiency. To achieve data confidentiality, integrity and authentication applying lightweight cryptosystems is widely recognized as a rather efficient approach for the VANETs. The Khudra cipher is such a lightweight cryptosystem with a typical Generalized Feistel Network, and supports 80-bit secret key. Up to now, little research of fault analysis has been devoted to attacking Khudra. On the basis of the single nibble-oriented fault model, we propose a differential fault analysis on Khudra. The attack can recover its 80-bit secret key by introducing only 2 faults. The results in this study will provides vital references for the security evaluations of other lightweight ciphers in the VANETs.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.1309-1317
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• 2018

Although the IoT market is steadily growing, there is still a lack of consideration for increasing security threats in the IoT environment. In particular, it is difficult to apply existing IP security technology to resource-constrained devices. Therefore, there is a demand for reliable end-to-end communication security measures to cope with security threats such as information tampering and leakage that may occur during communication between heterogeneous networks do. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end message security protocol based on lightweight cipher that increases security and lowers security overhead in resource-constrained IoT device communication. Through simulation of processing time, we verified that the proposed protocol has better performance than the existing AES-based protocol.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.607-615
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• 2022

The SITM (See-In-The-Middle) proposed in CHES 2020 is a methodology for side-channel assisted differential cryptanalysis. This technique analyzes the power traces of unmasked middle rounds in partial masked SPN block cipher implementation, and performs differential analysis with the side channel information. Blockcipher GIFT is a lightweight blockcipher proposed in CHES 2017, designed to correct the well-known weaknesses of block cipher PRESENT and provide the efficient implementation. In this paper, we propose SITM attacks on partial masked implementation of GIFT-128. This attack targets 4-round and 6-round masked implementation of GIFT-128 and time/data complexity is 2^14.01 /2^14.01, 2¹⁶ /2¹⁶. In this paper, we compare the masterkey recovery logic available in SITM attacks, establishing a criterion for selecting more efficient logic depending on the situation. Finally, We introduce how to apply the this attack to GIFT-COFB, one of the finalist candidates in NIST lightweight cryptography standardization process.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.477-489
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• 2019

In this paper, we experimentally verify the expected differential probability under the markov cipher assumption and the distribution of the differential probability. Firstly, we validate the expected differential probability of 6round-PRESENT of the lightweight block cipher under the markov cipher assumption by analyzing the empirical differential probability. Secondly, we demonstrate that even though the expected differential probability under the markov cipher assumption seems valid, the empirical distribution does not follow the well-known distribution of the differential probability. The results was deduced from the 4round-GIFT. Finally, in order to analyze whether the key-schedule affects the mis-matching phenomenon, we collect the results while changing the XOR positions of round keys on GIFT. The results show that the key-schedule is not the only factor to affect the mis-matching phenomenon. Leveraging on GPGPU technology, the data collection process can be performed about 157 times faster than using CPU only.