Authors: Mihaljević, Miodrag J. 
Gangopadhyay, Sugata
Paul, Goutam
Imai, Hideki
Affiliations: Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 
Title: A generic weakness of the k-normal boolean functions exposed to dedicated algebraic attack
Journal: ISITA/ISSSTA 2010 - 2010 International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications
First page: 911
Last page: 916
Issue Date: 1-Dec-2010
ISBN: 978-142446017-5
DOI: 10.1109/ISITA.2010.5649555
Abstract: 
A Boolean function is k-normal if it is constant on a k-dimensional flat of its domain. This paper demonstrates that k-normality of a Boolean function can be exploited to mount a dedicated algebraic attack on a stream cipher of the nonlinear filter generator type, which employs a k-normal Boolean function as its filter function. The cryptanalysis is based on the possibility for pre-computing a table of the state-keystream pairs via solving certain system of algebraic equations as a consequence of the employed k-normal Boolean function. This pre-computed table is the main origin for mounting the cryptanalysis and it is independent of a the sample for cryptanalysis and the secret key employed for generating the sample.
Keywords: Algebra | Cryptography | Information theory | Spectroscopy
Publisher: IEEE
Project: Advanced methods for cryptology and information processing 

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