Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security

Rijndael is a block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen in 1999. It is a combination of security, performance, efficiency, implementability and flexibility that makes it the best selection for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). However, the 128- bit Rijndael Key Schedule does not s...

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Main Author: Sulong, Mek Rahmah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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description Rijndael is a block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen in 1999. It is a combination of security, performance, efficiency, implementability and flexibility that makes it the best selection for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). However, the 128- bit Rijndael Key Schedule does not satisfy the frequency (bit confusion) test for majority of Subkeys and does not satisfy the avalanche (bit diffusion) test for any Subkeys. These contribute to some attacks in the Key Schedule. Thus, a new transformation method which is called "ShiftRow" is proposed into the 128-bit Rijndael Key Schedule based upon information principles (bit confusion and diffusion properties). The new method shifts the rows of the Rijndael Subkey after the RCon function is being applied to the Subkey. This method improves the security of Rijndael Key Scheduling by increasing the bit confusion and diffusion of the Rijndael Subkey. The new method has shown positive results in terms of the bit confusion and diffusion of Subkey and it has increased bit confusion and diffusion compared to the Subkey of the original Rijndael Key Schedule.
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spelling upm-58952022-01-25T04:31:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5895/ Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security Sulong, Mek Rahmah Rijndael is a block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen in 1999. It is a combination of security, performance, efficiency, implementability and flexibility that makes it the best selection for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). However, the 128- bit Rijndael Key Schedule does not satisfy the frequency (bit confusion) test for majority of Subkeys and does not satisfy the avalanche (bit diffusion) test for any Subkeys. These contribute to some attacks in the Key Schedule. Thus, a new transformation method which is called "ShiftRow" is proposed into the 128-bit Rijndael Key Schedule based upon information principles (bit confusion and diffusion properties). The new method shifts the rows of the Rijndael Subkey after the RCon function is being applied to the Subkey. This method improves the security of Rijndael Key Scheduling by increasing the bit confusion and diffusion of the Rijndael Subkey. The new method has shown positive results in terms of the bit confusion and diffusion of Subkey and it has increased bit confusion and diffusion compared to the Subkey of the original Rijndael Key Schedule. 2008-02 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5895/1/FSKTM_2008_3%20IR.pdf Sulong, Mek Rahmah (2008) Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Data encryption (Computer science).
spellingShingle Data encryption (Computer science).
Sulong, Mek Rahmah
Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title_full Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title_fullStr Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title_full_unstemmed Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title_short Key Transformation Approach for Rijndael Security
title_sort key transformation approach for rijndael security
topic Data encryption (Computer science).
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5895/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5895/1/FSKTM_2008_3%20IR.pdf