Evaluation Framework for Security and Resource Consumption of Cryptographic Algorithms
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Cristina-Loredana Duta
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Bogdan-Costel Mocanu
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Florin-Alexandru Vladescu
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Laura Cristina Gheorghe
University Politehnica of Bucharest
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Nicolae Tapus
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- Abstract
- Nowadays, security is necessary when transmitting confidential information over the network. One of the most important ways to provide data confidentiality is through cryptography. In this paper, we present a framework for testing and evaluating cryptographic algorithms. When evaluating block and stream ciphers, some basic properties should be tested: correct functional testing, passing statistical randomness testing, having good substitution boxes (S-boxes) and good permutation boxes (P-boxes) in their construction and providing a good throughput. The proposed framework receives the cryptographic algorithm as input and evaluates: the provided test vectors, the randomness of the generated data, the properties of the S-boxes and the P-boxes, the performance in terms of speed and throughput and provides a result, whether or not the algorithm is secure and can be used in cryptographic applications.
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- Published
- 2015-09-29
- Issue
- Vol. 17 No. 3 (2015)
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- Articles