• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.10 no.5 s.37
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• pp.109-114
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• 2005

Twofish cryptographic algorithm is concise algorithm itself than Rijndael cryptographic algorithm as AES, and easy of implementation is good, but the processing speed has slow shortcoming. Therefore this paper designed improved MDS block to improve Twofish cryptographic algorithm's speed. Problem of speed decline by a bottle-neck Phenomenon of the Processing speed existed as block that existing MDS block occupies Twofish cryptosystem's critical path. To reduce multiplication that is used by operator in MDS block this Paper removed a bottle-neck phenomenon and low-speed about MDS itself using LUT operation and modulo-2 operation. Twofish cryptosystem including modified MDS block designed by these result confirmed that bring elevation of the processing speed about 10$\%$ than existing Twofish cryptosystem.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.42 no.10 s.340
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• pp.35-38
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• 2005

Treatise that see designed MDS block newly algorithm itself is concise and improve the speed of Twofish cryptographic algorithm that easy of implement is good but the processing speed has slow shortcoming than Rijndael cryptographic algorithm Problem of speed decline by a bottle-neck phenomenon of processing process existed as block that designed MDS block occupies critical path of Twofish cryptographic system Multiplication arithmetic that is used by operator in this MDS convex using LUT arithmetic and modulo-2 arithmetic speed decline and a bottle-neck phenomenon about MDS itself remove. Twofish cryptographic system including MDS block designed newly by these result confirmed that bing elevation of the processing speed about $10\%$ than existing Twofish cryptographic system.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.10 no.3 s.35
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• pp.183-188
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• 2005

Parallel processing in block cryptographic algorithm is difficult, because Feistel structure that is basis structure of block cryptographic algorithm is sequential processing structure. Therefore this paper changes these sequential processing structure and Feistel structure made parallel processing to be possible. This paper that apply this modified structure designed DES that have parallel Feistel structure. Proposed parallel Feistel structure could prove greatly block cryptographic algorithm's performance such as DES and so on that could not but have trade-off relation the data processing speed and data security interval because block cryptographic algorithm can not use pipeline method because of itself structural problem. Therefore, modified Feistel structure is going to display more superior security function and processing ability of high speed than now in case apply way that is proposed to SEED, AES's Rijndael, Twofish etc. that apply Feistel structure.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.143-151
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• 2011

Plaintext and key are independent in the existing block cipher. Also, encryption/decryption is performed by using structural features. Therefore, the external environment of suggested mixed cryptographic algorithm is identical with the existing ones, but internally, features of the existing block cipher were meant to be removed by making plaintext and key into dependent functions. Also, to decrease the loads on the authentication process, authentication add-on with dependent characteristic was included to increase the use of symmetric cryptographic algorithm. Through the simulation where the proposed cryptosystem was implemented in the chip level, we show that our system using the shorter key length than the length of the plaintext is two times faster than the existing systems.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.778-784
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• 2012

A symmetric block cryptosystem uses an identical cryptographic key at encryption and decryption processes. HIGHT cipher algorithm is 64-bit block cryptographic technology for mobile device that was authorized as international standard by ISO/IEC on 2010. In this paper, block cipher HIGHT algorithm is designed using Verilog-HDL. Four modes of operation for block cipher such as ECB, CBC, OFB and CTR are supported. When continuous message blocks of fixed size are encrypted or decrypted, the desigend HIGHT core can process a 64-bit message block in every 34-clock cycle. The cryptographic processor designed in this paper operates at 144MHz on vertex chip of Xilinx, Inc. and the maximum throughput is 271Mbps. The designed cryptographic processor is applicable to security module of the areas such as PDA, smart card, internet banking and satellite broadcasting.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.9
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• pp.1993-1999
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• 2011

This paper describes a design of area-efficient/low-power cryptographic processor for HIGHT block cipher algorithm, which was approved as standard of cryptographic algorithm by KATS(Korean Agency for Technology and Standards) and ISO/IEC. The HIGHT algorithm, which is suitable for ubiquitous computing devices such as a sensor in USN or a RFID tag, encrypts a 64-bit data block with a 128-bit cipher key to make a 64-bit cipher text, and vice versa. For area-efficient and low-power implementation, we optimize round transform block and key scheduler to share hardware resources for encryption and decryption. The HIGHT64 core synthesized using a 0.35-${\mu}m$ CMOS cell library consists of 3,226 gates, and the estimated throughput is 150-Mbps with 80-MHz@2.5-V clock.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11b
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• pp.136-139
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a prime code and a new cryptographic algorithm for encryption and decryption as its application. The characteristics of prime numbers with irregular distribution and uniqueness are used to generate the prime code. Based on the prime code, an encryption algorithm for secret key is presented. Since the algorithm requires simpler operations than existing encryption such as DES, the burden for hardware implementation of the encryption and decryption process is alleviated.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.53-64
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• 2002

This paper describes a design of cryptographic processor that implements the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) block cipher algorithm, "Rijndael". An iterative looping architecture using a single round block is adopted to minimize the hardware required. To achieve high throughput rate, a sub-pipeline stage is added by dividing the round function into two blocks, resulting that the second half of current round function and the first half of next round function are being simultaneously operated. The round block is implemented using 32-bit data path, so each sub-pipeline stage is executed for four clock cycles. The S-box, which is the dominant element of the round block in terms of required hardware resources, is designed using arithmetic circuit computing multiplicative inverse in GF($2^8$) rather than look-up table method, so that encryption and decryption can share the S-boxes. The round keys are generated by on-the-fly key scheduler. The crypto-processor designed in Verilog-HDL and synthesized using 0.25-$\mu\textrm{m}$ CMOS cell library consists of about 23,000 gates. Simulation results show that the critical path delay is about 8-ns and it can operate up to 120-MHz clock Sequency at 2.5-V supply. The designed core was verified using Xilinx FPGA board and test system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.777-779
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• 2014

The LEA(Lightweight Encryption Algorithm) is a 128-bit high-speed/lightweight block cipher algorithm developed by National Security Research Institute(NSRI) in 2012. The LEA encrypts plain text of 128-bit using cipher key of 128/192/256-bit, and produces cipher text of 128-bit, and vice versa. To reduce hardware complexity, we propose an efficient architecture which shares hardware resources for encryption and decryption in round transformation block. Hardware sharing technique for key scheduler was also devised to achieve area-efficient and low-power implementation. The designed LEA cryptographic processor was verified by using FPGA implementation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.25-36
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• 2023

Nuclear power plants have recognized the importance of nuclear cybersecurity. Based on regulatory guidelines and security-related standards issued by regulatory agencies around the world including IAEA, NRC, and KINAC, nuclear operating organizations and related systems manufacturing organizations, design companies, and regulatory agencies are considering methods to prepare for nuclear cybersecurity. Cryptographic algorithms have to be developed and applied in order to meet nuclear cybersecurity requirements. This paper presents methodologies for validating cryptographic algorithms that should be continuously applied at the critical control system of I&C in NPPs. Through the proposed schemes, validation programs are developed in the PLC, which is a critical system of a NPP's I&C, and the validation program is verified through simulation results. Since the development of a cryptographic algorithm validation program for critical digital systems of NPPs has not been carried out, the methodologies proposed in this paper could provide guidelines for Cryptographic Module Validation Modeling for Control Systems in NPPs. In particular, among several CMVP, specific testing techniques for ECB mode-based block ciphers are introduced with program codes and validation models.