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Everything about Impossible differential cryptanalysis
Exploitation of impossible differences in block ciphers
In cryptography, impossible differential cryptanalysis is a form of differential cryptanalysis for block ciphers. While ordinary differential cryptanalysis tracks differences that propagate through the cipher with greater than expected probability, impossible differential cryptanalysis exploits differences that are impossible at some intermediate state of the cipher algorithm. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Impossible differential cryptanalysisA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis and a Security Evaluation Framework for AND-RX CiphersInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Information Security ApplicationsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Impossible differential cryptanalysis of 7-round Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)Cited 78 times
- Go sideways: Khufu and KhafreA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Boomerang attackA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Impossible differential cryptanalysis of 7-round Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis of Reduced-Round ARIA and Camellia
Impossible differential cryptanalysis using matrix method
Related-key impossible differential cryptanalysis on lightweight cipher TWINE
Impossible differential cryptanalysis of SPN ciphers
Improved zero‐correlation and impossible differential cryptanalysis of reduced‐round SIMECK block cipher
More accurate results on the provable security of AES against impossible differential cryptanalysis
Improved impossible differential cryptanalysis of large-block Rijndael
🆕 Influential since 2022
Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis and a Security Evaluation Framework for AND-RX Ciphers
A revisited security evaluation of Simeck family ciphers against impossible differential cryptanalysis
A bit-vector differential model for the modular addition by a constant and its applications to differential and impossible-differential cryptanalysis
Impossible differential cryptanalysis of FBC-128
A cluster-based practical key recovery attack on reduced-round AES using impossible-differential cryptanalysis
📚 Books worth reading
Information Security ApplicationsDong Hoon Lee · 2012
Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2012Xiaoyun Wang · 2012
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