[Resource Topic] 2005/200: Block ciphers sensitive to Groebner Basis Attacks

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Title:
Block ciphers sensitive to Groebner Basis Attacks

Authors: Johannes Buchmann, Andrei Pychkine, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann

Abstract:

We construct and analyze Feistel and SPN ciphers that have a sound design strategy against linear and differential attacks but for which the encryption process can be described by very simple polynomial equations. For a block and key size of 128 bits, we present ciphers for which practical Groebner basis attacks can recover the full cipher key requiring only a minimal number of plaintext/ciphertext pairs. We show how Groebner bases for a subset of these ciphers can be constructed with neglegible computational effort. This reduces the key recovery problem to a Groebner basis conversion problem. By bounding the running time of a Groebner basis conversion algorithm, FGLM, we demonstrate the existence of block ciphers resistant against differential and linear cryptanalysis but vulnerable against Groebner basis attacks.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2005/200

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