• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.167-176
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• 2009

In this paper, we propose an improved SHACAL-1 of the same encryption and decryption with a simple symmetric layer. SHACAL-1 has 4 rounds, and each round has 20 steps. Decryption is becoming inverse function of encryption, In this paper, we proposed SHACAL-1 are composed of the first half, symmetry layer and the last half. The first half with SHACAL-1 encryption algorithm 1 round does with 10 steps and composes of 4 round. The last half identically with SHACAL-1 decryption algorithm, has a structure. On the center inserts a symmetry layer, encryption and decryption algorithm identically, composes. In the experiments, the proposed SHACAL-1 algorithm showed similar execution time to that of the SHACAL-1. Thanks to the symmetric layer, the proposed algorithm makes it difficult for the attacks which take advantages of high probability path such as the linear cryptanalysis, differential cryptanalysis. The proposed algorithm can be applicable to the other block cipher algorithms which have different encryption and decryption and useful for designing a new block cipher algorithm.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.107-115
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• 2004

SHACAL-2 is a 256 bit block cipher with various key sizes based on the hash function SHA-2. Recently, it was recommended as one of the NESSIE selections. UP to now, no security flaws have been found in SHACAL-2. In this paper, we discuss the security of SHACAL-2 against an impossible differential attack. We propose two types of 14 round impossible characteristics and using them we attack 30 round SHACAL-2 with 512 bit 18y. This attack requires 744 chosen plaintexs and has time complexity of 2$^{495.1}$ 30 round SHACAL-2 encryptions.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.87-93
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• 2002

SHACAL is based on the hash standard SHA-1 used in encryption mode, as a submission to NESSIE. SHACAL uses the XOR, modular addition operation and the functions of bit-by-bit manner. These operations and functions make the differential cryptanalysis difficult, i.e, we hardly find a long differential with high probability. But, we can find short differentials with high probability. Using this fact, we discuss the security of SHACAL against the amplified boomerang attack. We find a 36-step boomerang-distinguisher and present attacks on reduced-round SHACAL with various key sizes. We can attack 39-step with 256-bit key, and 47-step with 512-bit key.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.57-66
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• 2005

SHACAL-2 is a 256-bit block cipher with various key sizes based on the hash function SHA-2. Recently, it was recommended as one of the NESSIE selections. This paper presents differential-linear type attacks on SHACAL-2 with 512-bit keys up to 32 out of its 64 rounds. Our 32-round attack on the 512-bit keys variants is the best efficient attack on this cipher in published literatures.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.57-68
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• 2004

The rectangle attack and the related-key attack on block ciphers are well-known to be very powerful. In this paper we combine the rectangle attack with the related-key attack. Using this combined attack we can attack the SHACAL-1 cipher with 512-bit keys up to 59 out of its 80 rounds. Our 59-round attack requires a data complexity of $2^{149.72}$ chosen plaintexts and a time complexity of $2^{498.30}$ encryptions, which is faster than exhaustive search.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.9-17
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a SPN 256 bit block cipher so called XSB(eXtended SPN Block cipher) which has a symmetric structure in encryption and decryption. The proposed XSB is composed of the even numbers of N rounds where the first half of them, 1 to N/2-1 round, applies a pre-function and the last half of them, N/2+1 to N round, employs a post-function. Each round consists of a round key addition layer, a substiution layer, a byte exchange layer and a diffusion layer. And a symmetry layer is located in between the pre-function layer and the post-function layer. The symmetric layer is composed with a multiple simple bit slice involution S-Boxes. The bit slice involution S-Box symmetric layer increases difficult to attack cipher by Square attack, Boomerang attack, Impossible differentials cryptanalysis etc.