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Published on: January 5, 2018
Weak-keys and key-recovery attack for [Formula: see text]
Pranjal Dutta1, Mahesh Sreekumar Rajasree2, Santanu Sarkar3
1Department of Computer Science, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India.
Researchers found weaknesses in the TinyJAMBU cipher, developing distinguishers for up to 476 rounds. They also established security bounds for the nonce-based feedback polynomial, enhancing understanding of TinyJAMBU
Area of Science:
- Cryptography
- Computer Science
- Information Security
Background:
- The paper analyzes the NIST lightweight cryptography candidate, TinyJAMBU.
- TinyJAMBU's core is a keyed permutation based on a non-linear feedback shift register.
Purpose of the Study:
- To find distinguishers for TinyJAMBU in the weak-key setting.
- To determine the security of TinyJAMBU against specific types of distinguishers.
- To present new key-recovery attacks on TinyJAMBU.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of the keyed permutation [Formula: see text] to identify useful cubes.
- Investigation of the feedback polynomial's degree in nonce variables.
- Application of monomial trail concepts for key-recovery attacks.
Main Results:
- Developed distinguishers effective for up to 476 rounds in the weak-key setting, outperforming prior work.
- Established that TinyJAMBU with over 445 rounds is secure against 32-sized cube distinguishers in the normal setting.
- Presented new key-recovery attacks, though unlikely to compromise the full 640-round cipher.
Conclusions:
- The developed distinguishers provide significant insights into TinyJAMBU's security limitations.
- The analysis of the feedback polynomial confirms the cipher's resilience against certain attacks.
- New attacks offer a deeper understanding of TinyJAMBU's cryptographic properties.
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