Cryptanalysis of XXTEA

Elias Yarrkov

Paper 2010/254

Cryptanalysis of XXTEA

Elias Yarrkov

Abstract

XXTEA, or Corrected Block TEA, is a simple block cipher in Roger Needham and David Wheeler's TEA series of algorithms. We describe a chosen plaintext attack for XXTEA using about $2^{59}$ queries and negligible work.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Secret-key cryptography
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords: block ciphers differential cryptanalysis
Contact author(s): yarrkov @ gmail com
History: 2010-05-04: received
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2010/254
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2010/254,
      author = {Elias Yarrkov},
      title = {Cryptanalysis of {XXTEA}},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2010/254},
      year = {2010},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2010/254}
}