Flaws in the Initialisation Process of Stream Ciphers

Ali Alhamdan (), Harry Bartlett (), Ed Dawson (), Leonie Simpson () and Kenneth Koon-Ho Wong ()
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Ali Alhamdan: National Information Center
Harry Bartlett: Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Future Environments, Science and Engineering Faculty
Ed Dawson: Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Future Environments, Science and Engineering Faculty
Leonie Simpson: Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Future Environments, Science and Engineering Faculty
Kenneth Koon-Ho Wong: Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Future Environments, Science and Engineering Faculty

A chapter in Computation, Cryptography, and Network Security, 2015, pp 19-49 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The initialisation process is a key component in modern stream cipher design. A well-designed initialisation process should not reveal any information about the secret key, or possess properties that may help to facilitate attacks. This paper analyses the initialisation processes of shift register based stream ciphers and identifies four flaws which lead to compression, state convergence, the existence of slid pairs and possible weak Key-IV combinations. These flaws are illustrated using the A5/1 stream cipher as a case study. We also provide some design recommendations for the intialisation process in stream ciphers, to overcome these and other flaws.

Keywords: Stream cipher; Initialisation; Slid pairs; Slide attack; Synchronisation attack; State convergence; A5/1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-18275-9_2

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