Notes on the design and analysis of SIMON and  SPECK

Ray Beaulieu; Douglas Shors; Jason Smith; Stefan Treatman-Clark; Bryan Weeks; Louis Wingers

Paper 2017/560

Notes on the design and analysis of SIMON and SPECK

Ray Beaulieu, Douglas Shors, Jason Smith, Stefan Treatman-Clark, Bryan Weeks, and Louis Wingers

Abstract

We discuss the design rationale and analysis of the SIMON and SPECK lightweight block ciphers.

Note: This revision clarifies some points in the original paper.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Secret-key cryptography
Publication info: Preprint.
Keywords: block ciphers
Contact author(s): djshors @ tycho ncsc mil
History: 2018-02-02: revised; 2017-06-08: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2017/560
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2017/560,
      author = {Ray Beaulieu and Douglas Shors and Jason Smith and Stefan Treatman-Clark and Bryan Weeks and Louis Wingers},
      title = {Notes on the design and analysis of {SIMON} and  {SPECK}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2017/560},
      year = {2017},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/560}
}