Algebraic properties of generalized Rijndael-like ciphers

Autor: Matthew C. Cole, Kevin W. Bombardier, Liljana Babinkostova, Thomas Morrell, Cory B. Scott
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Groups Complexity Cryptology. 6
ISSN: 1869-6104
1867-1144
DOI: 10.1515/gcc-2014-0004
Popis: We provide conditions under which the set of Rijndael-like functions considered as permutations of the state space and based on operations of the finite field GF(p k ) (p ≥ 2) is not closed under functional composition. These conditions justify using a sequential multiple encryption to strengthen generalized Rijndael like ciphers. In (39), R. Sparr and R. Wernsdorf provided conditions under which the group generated by the Rijndael-like round functions based on operations of the finite field GF(2 k ) is equal to the alternating group on the state space. In this paper we provide conditions under which the group generated by the Rijndael-like round functions based on operations of the finite field GF(p k ) (p ≥ 2) is equal to the symmetric group or the alternating group on the state space.
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