Paper 2020/1051 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2020/1051 ↗

Lower Bounds on the Degree of Block Ciphers

Phil Hebborn
Baptiste Lambin
Gregor Leander
Yosuke Todo
Abstract

Only the method to estimate the upper bound of the algebraic degree on block ciphers is known so far, but it is not useful for the designer to guarantee the security. In this paper we provide meaningful lower bounds on the algebraic degree of modern block ciphers.

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Secret-key cryptography
Publication info
Preprint.
History
2020-09-01: last updated
2020-09-01: published
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2020/1051
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2020/1051,
      author = {Phil Hebborn and Baptiste Lambin and Gregor Leander and Yosuke Todo},
      title = {Lower Bounds on the Degree of Block Ciphers},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2020/1051},
      year = {2020},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/1051}
}
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