The SIMON and SPECK lightweight block ciphers

R Beaulieu, D Shors, J Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
The Simon and Speck families of block ciphers were designed specifically to offer security
on constrained devices, where simplicity of design is crucial. However, the intended use …

A deeper look at machine learning-based cryptanalysis

A Benamira, D Gerault, T Peyrin, QQ Tan - … 21, 2021, Proceedings, Part I 40, 2021 - Springer
At CRYPTO'19, Gohr proposed a new cryptanalysis strategy based on the utilisation of
machine learning algorithms. Using deep neural networks, he managed to build a neural …

Automatic security evaluation and (related-key) differential characteristic search: application to SIMON, PRESENT, LBlock, DES (L) and other bit-oriented block …

S Sun, L Hu, P Wang, K Qiao, X Ma, L Song - Advances in Cryptology …, 2014 - Springer
We propose two systematic methods to describe the differential property of an S-box with
linear inequalities based on logical condition modelling and computational geometry …

The simeck family of lightweight block ciphers

G Yang, B Zhu, V Suder, MD Aagaard… - International workshop on …, 2015 - Springer
Two lightweight block cipher families, Simon and Speck, have been proposed by
researchers from the NSA recently. In this paper, we introduce Simeck, a new family of …

Bit-Based Division Property and Application to Simon Family

Y Todo, M Morii - … Encryption: 23rd International Conference, FSE 2016 …, 2016 - Springer
Ciphers that do not use S-boxes have been discussed for the demand on lightweight
cryptosystems, and their round functions consist of and, rotation, and xor. Especially, the …

SIMON and SPECK: Block Ciphers for the Internet of Things

R Beaulieu, D Shors, J Smith… - Cryptology ePrint …, 2015 - eprint.iacr.org
Abstract The US National Security Agency (NSA) developed the SIMON and SPECK families
of lightweight block ciphers as an aid for securing applications in very constrained …

Observations on the SIMON block cipher family

S Kölbl, G Leander, T Tiessen - … , Santa Barbara, CA, USA, August 16-20 …, 2015 - Springer
In this paper we analyse the general class of functions underlying the Simon block cipher. In
particular, we derive efficiently computable and easily implementable expressions for the …

MILP-based automatic search algorithms for differential and linear trails for speck

K Fu, M Wang, Y Guo, S Sun, L Hu - … March 20-23, 2016, Revised Selected …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract In recent years, Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) has been successfully
applied in searching for differential characteristics and linear approximations in block …

Towards finding the best characteristics of some bit-oriented block ciphers and automatic enumeration of (related-key) differential and linear characteristics with …

S Sun, L Hu, M Wang, P Wang, K Qiao, X Ma… - Cryptology ePrint …, 2014 - eprint.iacr.org
In this paper, we investigate the Mixed-integer Linear Programming (MILP) modelling of the
differential and linear behavior of a wide range of block ciphers. We point out that the …

Automatic differential analysis of ARX block ciphers with application to SPECK and LEA

L Song, Z Huang, Q Yang - Australasian Conference on Information …, 2016 - Springer
In this paper, we focus on the automatic differential cryptanalysis of ARX block ciphers with
respect to XOR-difference, and develop Mouha et al.'s framework for finding differential …