Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2005/232

Lightweight Key Exchange and Stream Cipher based solely on Tree Parity Machines

Markus Volkmer and Sebastian Wallner

Abstract: Alternative security solutions are considered in science and industry, motivated by the strong restrictions as they are often present in embedded security scenarios -- especially in a RFID setting. We investigate a low hardware-complexity cryptosystem for lightweight symmetric key exchange and stream cipher based on Tree Parity Machines. The speed of a key exchange is basically only limited by the channel capacity as is the stream cipher throughput. This work significantly improves and extends previously published results on TPMRAs. Again, characteristics of standard-cell ASIC design realizations as IP-core in 0.18-micrometer-CMOS technology are evaluated.

Category / Keywords: secret-key cryptography / stream ciphers, key management, implementation

Publication Info: ECRYPT Workshop on RFID and Lightweight Crypto, Graz University of Technology, July 14-15 2005, Graz, Austria

Date: received 18 Jul 2005, last revised 20 Jul 2005

Contact author: markus volkmer at tu-harburg de

Available format(s): Postscript (PS) | Compressed Postscript (PS.GZ) | PDF | BibTeX Citation

Note: This work ahs been presented at the ECRYPT Workshop on RFID and Lightweight Crypto, Graz University of Technology, July 14-15 2005, Graz, Austria.

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Short URL: ia.cr/2005/232

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