block ciphers Feistel ciphers - give example of a Feistel cipher with F_k(x) = f(k^x) and f(w) = w*w mod 2^32 - differential attack: f(w) ^ f(w^(1<<31)) = 0 with F_k(x) = f(k^x) and f(w) = w(2w+1) mod 2^32 - diff. attack: f(w) ^ f(w^(1<<31)) = 1<<31 with F_k(x) is the DES f function without the E or S box with F_k(x) is the DES f function without the E box SPN networks - give example of 16-bit cipher, with 4 4-bit S-boxes and butterly bit permutation between S-box layers example: S(x) = k*x mod 16 where k is a key (an odd value mod 16) - differential attack: S(x) ^ S(x^8) = 8 - linear attack: S(x)&1 = x&1 differential cryptanalysis - probabilistic version - how to distinguish - how to do key-recovery attacks (1-R attacks) - characteristics vs. differentials - known-plaintext attacks - structures