A WEAK CIPHER THAT GENERATES THE SYMMETRICAL GROUP

Authors
MURPHY S PATERSON K WILD P
Citation
S. Murphy et al., A WEAK CIPHER THAT GENERATES THE SYMMETRICAL GROUP, Journal of cryptology, 7(1), 1994, pp. 61-65
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Computer Science Theory & Methods
Journal title
Journal of cryptology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09332790
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
61 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-2790(1994)7:1<61:AWCTGT>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
There has been recent interest in the permutation group generated by t he round functions of a block cipher. In this paper we present a cauti onary example of a block cipher which generates the full symmetric gro up yet is very weak.