The Error Linear Complexity Spectrum as a Cryptographic Criterion of Boolean Functions
| Autor: | Nicholas Kolokotronis, Konstantinos Limniotis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Discrete mathematics
Sequence Spectrum (functional analysis) Binary number Approximation algorithm 020206 networking & telecommunications Hamming distance 02 engineering and technology Library and Information Sciences Upper and lower bounds Computer Science Applications Set (abstract data type) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Boolean function Information Systems Mathematics |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 65:8345-8356 |
| ISSN: | 1557-9654 0018-9448 |
| Popis: | The error linear complexity spectrum constitutes a well-known cryptographic criterion for sequences, indicating how the linear complexity of the sequence decreases as the number of bits allowed to be modified per period increases. In this paper, via defining an association between $2^{n}$ -periodic binary sequences and Boolean functions on $n$ variables, it is shown that the error linear complexity spectrum also provides useful cryptographic information for the corresponding Boolean function $f$ - namely, it yields an upper bound on the minimum Hamming distance between $f$ and the set of functions depending on fewer number of variables. Therefore, the prominent Lauder-Paterson algorithm for computing the error linear complexity spectrum of a sequence may also be used for efficiently determining approximations of a Boolean function that depend on fewer number of variables. Moreover, it is also shown that, through this approach, low-degree approximations of a Boolean function can be also obtained in an efficient way. |
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