Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2014/110

Halka: A Lightweight, Software Friendly Block Cipher Using Ultra-lightweight 8-bit S-box

Sourav Das

Abstract: This paper presents the design of a lightweight, yet software friendly, block cipher. Most of the lightweight block ciphers are nibble-oriented as the implementation of a 4-bit S-box is much more compact than an 8-bit S-box. This paper uses a novel implementation of multiplicative inverse for 8-bit S-boxes using LFSR requiring only 138 gate-equivalent. With this powerful scheme, we design a lightweight block cipher competitive with existing standards in terms of hardware gate equivalent first time using an 8-bit S-box.

Category / Keywords: secret-key cryptography / Multiplicative Inverse, AES, LFSR, Lightweight Cryptography, PRESENT

Date: received 13 Feb 2014, last revised 11 Mar 2014

Contact author: sourav10101976 at gmail com

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Version: 20140311:065532 (All versions of this report)

Short URL: ia.cr/2014/110

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