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Impossible Differential Cryptanalysis of Zodiac

Deukjo HONG, Jaechul SUNG, Shiho MORIAI, Sangjin LEE, Jongin LIM

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In this paper, we discuss the impossible differential cryptanalysis for the block cipher Zodiac. The main design principles of Zodiac include simplicity and efficiency. However, the diffusion layer in its round function is too simple to offer enough security. The impossible differential cryptanalysis exploits such weakness in Zodiac. Our attack using a 14-round impossible characteristic derives the 128-bit master key of the full 16-round Zodiac faster than the exhaustive search. The efficiency of the attack compared with exhaustive search increases as the key size increases.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E85-A No.1 pp.38-43
Publication Date
2002/01/01
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Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Cryptography and Information Security)
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