Seminar block cipher cryptanalysis
Corresponding entry in Aachen Campus, Bonn Basis.
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Joachim von zur Gathen, Yona Raekow
Time & Place
- Monday, 1630-1800, b-it 2.1.
First meeting: Monday, 04 April 2011, 1630, b-it 2.1.
It is necessary to register for the seminar. In order to do so, please write an email to Yona Raekow containing the keyword "Seminar Block Cipher Cryptanalysis" in the subject.
The seminar can accomodate up to eleven students. The slots will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.
Allocation
2 SWS, 4 credits
- Media Informatics, Computer and Communication Technology.
- University of Bonn - Computer Science, A.
- University of Bonn - Mathematics.
Credit Requirements
- Submit a written report in PDF format two weeks before your presentation.
- Meet with the tutor two weeks before the date of your presentation and present your slides.
- A further mandatory meeting may be scheduled.
- Give your presentation.
- Attendance of all other talks is compulsory!
Schedule
Date | Topic | Name |
04.04.2011 | First meeting - Organization | Yona Raekow |
11.04.2011 | no seminar | |
18.04.2011 | Tim Syben | |
25.04.2011 | Easter Monday - no seminar | |
02.05.2011 | Folker Hoffmann | |
09.05.2011 | Differential Cryptanalysis of FEAL | cancelled |
16.05.2011 | Correlation Attacks against RC5 | Andreas Meisenheimer |
23.05.2011 | Side Channel Attacks on AES | Sinan Ayan |
30.05.2011 | From MISTY to KASUMI | Han Xiang |
06.06.2011 | Attacks on blockciphers - Overview and Examples | Dennis Molter |
13.06.2011 | Pentecost - no seminar | |
20.06.2011 | ||
27.06.2011 | ||
04.07.2011 | ||
11.07.2011 | ... |
Topics
The topics will be chosen from the following list:
- Introduction to Block Ciphers,
- Modes of operation,
- introduction to FEAL,
- linear Cryptanalysis
- differential Cryptanalysis,
- related key attacks,
- constructing Block Ciphers from Stream Ciphers,
- attacks faster than brute force on DES,
- cryptanalysis of Blowfish,
- cryptanalysis of IDEA,
- attacks on AES,
- cryptanalysis of KASUMI,
- cryptanalysis of MISTY,
- cryptanalysis of RC5,
- cryptanalysis of CAST.
Material & Literature
The slides of the introductory talk about "How to write a paper and how to prepare a talk" can be found here.
When preparing your paper you might find this LaTex template helpful, which is based on the Springer Lecture notes in computer science.
Literature
A nice collection of resources can be found in
A self-study course in block cipher cryptanalysis by Bruce Schneier
A good overview can be found here
Cryptanalysis of Block Ciphers: A Survey by Francois-Xavier Standaert, Gilles Piret, Jean-Jacques Quisquater
Prerequisits
A good understanding of basic concepts from probability theory and statistics is helpful.