Rotational Cryptanalysis from a Differential-Linear Perspective: Practical Distinguishers for Round-Reduced FRIET, Xoodoo, and Alzette

Y Liu, S Sun, C Li - Advances in Cryptology–EUROCRYPT 2021: 40th …, 2021 - Springer
The differential-linear attack, combining the power of the two most effective techniques for
symmetric-key cryptanalysis, was proposed by Langford and Hellman at CRYPTO 1994 …

Rotational differential-linear distinguishers of ARX ciphers with arbitrary output linear masks

Z Niu, S Sun, Y Liu, C Li - Annual International Cryptology Conference, 2022 - Springer
The rotational differential-linear attacks, proposed at EUROCRYPT 2021, is a generalization
of differential-linear attacks by replacing the differential part of the attacks with rotational …

Improved linear approximations to ARX ciphers and attacks against ChaCha

M Coutinho, TC Souza Neto - … International Conference on the Theory and …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we present a new technique which can be used to find better linear
approximations in ARX ciphers. Using this technique, we present the first explicitly derived …

Revisiting differential-linear attacks via a boomerang perspective with application to AES, Ascon, CLEFIA, SKINNY, PRESENT, KNOT, TWINE, WARP, LBlock, Simeck …

H Hadipour, P Derbez, M Eichlseder - Annual International Cryptology …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In 1994, Langford and Hellman introduced differential-linear (DL) cryptanalysis,
with the idea of decomposing the block cipher E into two parts, E u and E ℓ, such that E u …

Revamped differential-linear cryptanalysis on reduced round ChaCha

S Dey, HK Garai, S Sarkar, NK Sharma - … on the Theory and Applications of …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we provide several improvements over the existing differential-linear attacks
on ChaCha. ChaCha is a stream cipher which has 20 rounds. At CRYPTO 2020, Beierle et …

Latin dances reloaded: Improved cryptanalysis against Salsa and ChaCha, and the proposal of Forró

M Coutinho, I Passos, JCG Vásquez, S Sarkar… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we present 4 major contributions to ARX ciphers and in particular, to the
Salsa/ChaCha family of stream ciphers: We propose an improved differential-linear …

Fully automated differential-linear attacks against ARX ciphers

E Bellini, D Gerault, J Grados, RH Makarim… - Cryptographers' Track at …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, we present a fully automated tool for differential-linear attacks using Mixed-
Integer Linear Programming (MILP) and Mixed-Integer Quadratic Constraint Programming …

Differential-linear cryptanalysis from an algebraic perspective

M Liu, X Lu, D Lin - Annual International Cryptology Conference, 2021 - Springer
The differential-linear cryptanalysis is an important cryptanalytic tool in cryptography, and
has been extensively researched since its discovery by Langford and Hellman in 1994 …

Revisiting higher-order differential-linear attacks from an algebraic perspective

K Hu, T Peyrin, QQ Tan, T Yap - … Conference on the Theory and Application …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Higher-order Differential-Linear (HDL) attack was introduced by Biham et al. at
FSE 2005, where a linear approximation was appended to a Higher-order Differential (HD) …

Claasping aradi: Automated analysis of the aradi block cipher

E Bellini, M Formenti, D Gérault, J Grados… - … on Cryptology in India, 2024 - Springer
In early August 2024, three NSA researchers–Patricia Greene, Mark Motley, and Bryan
Weeks–published the technical specifications for a new low-latency block cipher, ARADI …