Paper 2024/098 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2024/098 ↗

Theoretical differential fault attacks on FLIP and FiLIP

Pierrick Méaux
Dibyendu Roy
Abstract

In this article, we examine Differential Fault Attacks (DFA) targeting two stream ciphers, FLIP and FiLIP. We explore the fault model where an adversary flips a single bit of the key at an unknown position. Our analysis involves establishing complexity bounds for these attacks, contingent upon the cryptographic parameters of the Boolean functions employed as filters and the key size. Initially, we demonstrate how the concept of sensitivity enables the detection of the fault position using only a few keystream bits. This represents an enhancement over previous DFA methodologies applied to these ciphers. Subsequently, we leverage the properties of the filter's derivatives to execute attacks. This approach is universally applicable to any filter, and we delineate specific attack strategies for the two function families previously implemented in these ciphers.

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Category
Attacks and cryptanalysis
Publication info
Preprint.
History
2024-01-22: last updated
2024-01-22: published
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2024/098
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2024/098,
      author = {Pierrick Méaux and Dibyendu Roy},
      title = {Theoretical differential fault attacks on FLIP and FiLIP},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2024/098},
      year = {2024},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/098}
}
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