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INFORMATION SECURITY

7th Semester IT Session: 2016-2020

S-DES(Simplified Data Encryption Standard)

Mr. SANTOSH KUMAR Assistant Professor,Department of Computer Science & Engg.

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Women’s Institute of Technology

Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar.

2.1 SIMPLIFIED DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD (S-DES)

The overall structure of the simplified DES. The S-DES encryption algorithm takes an

8-bit block of plaintext (example: 10111101) and a 10-bit key as input and produces an 8-bit

block of ciphertext as output. The S-DES decryption algorithm takes an 8-bit block of

ciphertext and the same 10-bit key used to produce that ciphertext as input and produces the

original 8-bit block of plaintext.

The encryption algorithm involves five functions: An initial permutation (IP)

A complex function labeled fk, which involves both permutation and

substitution operations and depends on a key input a simple permutation function that switches (SW) the two halves of the data

the function fk again a permutation function that is the inverse of the initial permutation(IP-1)

The function fk takes as input not only the data passing through the encryption

algorithm, but also an 8-bit key. Here a 10-bit key is used from which two 8-bit subkeys are

generated. The key is first subjected to a permutation (P10). Then a shift operation is

performed. The output of the shift operation then passes through a permutation function that

produces an 8-bit output (P8) for the first sub-key (K1). The output of the shift operation also

feeds into another shift and another instance of P8 to produce the second sub-key (K2).

The encryption algorithm can be expressed as a composition of functions:

IP-1

( fK2 ( SW (fk1 ( IP)))) Which can also be written as

Ciphertext = IP-1

(fK2 (SW (fk1 (IP (plaintext)))))

Where

K1 = P8 (Shift (P10 (Key)))

K2 = P8 (Shift (shift(P10(Key))))

Decryption can be shown as

Plaintext = IP-1

(fK1 (SW (fk2 (IP (ciphertext)))))

S-DES key generation

Figure: key generation for S-DES

S-DES depends on the use of a 10-bit key shared between sender and receiver. From

this key, two 8-bit sub-keys are produced for use in particular stages of the encryption and

decryption algorithm. First, permute the key in the following fashion. Let the 10-bit key be

designated as (k1, K2, k3, k4, k5, k6, k7, k8, k9, k10). Then the permutation P10 is defined as: P10 (k1, K2, k3, k4, k5, k6, k7, k8, k9, k10) = (k3, k5, K2, k7, k4, k10 10, k1, k9, k8, k6)

P10 can be concisely defined by the display:

P10

3 5 2 7 4 10 1 9 8 6

This table is read from left to right; each position in the table gives the identity of the

input bit that produces the output bit in that position. So the first output bit is bit 3 of the input;

the second output bit is bit 5 of the input, and so on. For example, the key (1010000010) is

permuted to (10000 01100). Next, perform a circular left shift (LS-1), or rotation, separately on

the first five bits and the second five bits. In our example, the result is (00001 11000). Next we

apply P8, which picks out and permutes 8 of the 10 bits according to the following rule :

P8

6 3 7 4 8 5 10 9

The result is subkey 1 (K1). In our example, this yields (10100100). We then go back to

the pair of 5-bit strings produced by the two LS-1 functions and performs a circular left shift of

2 bit positions on each string. In our example, the value (00001 11000) becomes (00100

00011). Finally, P8 is applied again to produce K2. In our example, the result is (01000011).

S-DES encryption

Encryption involves the sequential application of five functions.

Initial and Final Permutations(IP)

The input to the algorithm is an 8-bit block of plaintext, which we first permute using the IP

function:

IP

2 6 3 1 4 8 5 7

This retains all 8 bits of the plaintext but mixes them up.

Consider the plaintext to be 11110011.

Permuted output = 10111101

At the end of the algorithm, the inverse permutation is used:

IP -1

4 1 3 5 7 2 8 6

The Function fk

The most complex component of S-DES is the function fk, which consists of a

combination of permutation and substitution functions. The functions can be expressed as

follows. Let L and R be the leftmost 4 bits and rightmost 4 bits of the 8-bit input to f K, and let

F be a mapping (not necessarily one to one) from 4-bit strings to 4-bit strings. Then we let

fk(L, R) = ( L F( R, SK), R)

Where SK is a subkey and is the bit-by-bit exclusive-OR function.

e.g., permuted output = 1011 1101 and suppose F (1101, SK) = (1110) for some key SK.

Then f K(10111101) = 1011 1110, 1101

= 01011101

We now describe the mapping F. The input is a 4-bit number (n1 n2 n3 n4). The first

operation is an expansion/permutation operation:

E/P

4 1 2 3 2 3 4 1

e.g., R= 1101

E/P output = 11101011

It is clearer to depict the result in this fashion:

The 8-bit subkey K1 = (k11, k12 12, k13 13, k14 14, k15 15, k16 16, k17 17, k18) is added

to this value using exclusive-OR:

Let us rename these 8 bits:

The first 4 bits (first row of the preceding matrix) are fed into the S-box S0 to produce

a 2- bit output, and the remaining 4 bits (second row) are fed into S1 to produce another 2-bit

output.

These two boxes are defined as follows:

The S-boxes operate as follows. The first and fourth input bits are treated as a 2-bit

number that specify a row of the S-box, and the second and third input bits specify a column of

the S-box. The entry in that row and column, in base 2, is the 2-bit output. For example, if

(p0,0 p0,3) = ) (00) and ( p0,1 p0,2) = (10), then the output is from row 0, column 2 of S0,

which is 3, or (11) in ) binary. Similarly, (p1,0 p1,3) and ( p1,1 p1,2) are used to index into a

row and column of S1 to produce an additional 2 bits. Next, the 4 bits produced by S0 and S1

undergo a further permutation as follows:

P4

2 4 3 1

The output of P4 is the output of the function F.

The Switch Function

The function f K only alters the leftmost 4 bits of the input. The switch function (SW)

interchanges the left and right 4 bits so that the second instance of f K operates on a different 4

bits. In this second instance, the E/P, S0, S1, and P4 functions are the same. The key input is

K2. Finally apply inverse permutation to get the ciphertext.

BLOCK CIPHER PRINCIPLES

Virtually, all symmetric block encryption algorithms in current use are based on a

structure referred to as Fiestel block cipher. For that reason, it is important to examine the

design principles of the Fiestel cipher. We begin with a comparison of stream cipher with

block cipher.

• A stream cipher is one that encrypts a digital data stream one bit or one byte at a time.

E.g, vigenere cipher. A block cipher is one in which a block of plaintext is treated as a

whole and used to produce a cipher text block of equal length. Typically a block size

of 64 or 128 bits is used. 2.2.1 Block cipher principles

• most symmetric block ciphers are based on a Feistel Cipher Structure • needed since must be able to decrypt ciphertext to recover messages efficiently • block ciphers look like an extremely large substitution • would need table of 264 entries for a 64-bit block • instead create from smaller building blocks • using idea of a product cipher in 1949 Claude Shannon introduced idea of substitution-

permutation (S-P) networks called modern substitution-transposition product cipher

these form the basis of modern block ciphers

• S-P networks are based on the two primitive cryptographic operations we have seen

before: substitution (S-box)

permutation (P-box) • provide confusion and diffusion of message • diffusion - dissipates statistical structure of plaintext over bulk of ciphertext • confusion - makes relationship between ciphertext and key as complex as possible Feistel cipher structure

The input to the encryption algorithm are a plaintext block of length 2w bits and a key K.

the plaintext block is divided into two halves L0 and R0. The two halves of the data pass through „n‟ rounds of processing and then combine to produce the ciphertext block. Each round „i‟

has inputs Li-1 and Ri-1, derived from the previous round, as well as the subkey K i, derived

from the overall key K. in general, the subkeys Ki are different from K and from each other.

All rounds have the same structure. A substitution is performed on the left half of the

data (as similar to S-DES). This is done by applying a round function F to the right half of the

data and then taking the XOR of the output of that function and the left half of the data. The

round function has the same general structure for each round but is parameterized by the round

subkey ki. Following this substitution, a permutation is performed that consists of the

interchange of the two halves of the data. This structure is a particular form of the substitution-

permutation network.

The exact realization of a Feistel network depends on the choice of the following

parameters and design features:

Block size - Increasing size improves security, but slows cipher

Key size - Increasing size improves security, makes exhaustive key searching harder,

but may slow cipher

Number of rounds - Increasing number improves security, but slows cipher

Subkey generation - Greater complexity can make analysis harder, but slows cipher

Round function - Greater complexity can make analysis harder, but slows cipher

Fast software en/decryption & ease of analysis - are more recent concerns for practical

use and testing.

The process of decryption is essentially the same as the encryption process. The rule is

as follows: use the cipher text as input to the algorithm, but use the subkey k i in reverse order.

i.e., kn in the first round, kn-1 in second round and so on. For clarity, we use the notation LEi

and REi for data traveling through the decryption algorithm. The diagram below indicates that,

at each round, the intermediate value of the decryption process is same (equal) to the

corresponding value of the encryption process with two halves of the value swapped.

i.e., REi || LEi (or) equivalently RD16-i || LD16-i

After the last iteration of the encryption process, the two halves of the output are

swapped, so that the cipher text is RE16 || LE16. The output of that round is the cipher text. Now

take the cipher text and use it as input to the same algorithm. The input to the first round is

RE16 || LE16, which is equal to the 32-bit swap of the output of the sixteenth round of the

encryption process.

Fig: Feistel encryption and decryption

Now we will see how the output of the first round of the decryption process is equal to a 32-bit

swap of the input to the sixteenth round of the encryption process. First consider the encryption

process,

LE16 = RE15

RE16 = LE15 F (RE15, K16) On the

decryption side,

LD1 =RD0 = LE16 =RE15

RD1 = LD0 F (RD0, K16)

= RE16 F (RE15, K16)

= [LE15 F (RE15, K16)] F (RE15 , K16)

= LE15

Therefore, LD1 = RE15 RD1 =

LE15

In general, for the ith

iteration of the encryption algorithm,

LEi = REi-1

REi = LEi-1 F (REi-1, Ki)

Finally, the output of the last round of the decryption process is RE0 || LE0. A 32-bit swap

recovers the original plaintext.

MULTIPLE ENCRYPTION & DES

clear a replacement for DES was needed

theoretical attacks that can break it

demonstrated exhaustive key search attacks

AES is a new cipher alternative

prior to this alternative was to use multiple encryption with DES implementations

Triple-DES is the chosen form

Double-DES

could use 2 DES encrypts on each block

C = EK2(EK1(P))

issue of reduction to single stage and have "meet- in-the-middle" attack

works whenever use a cipher twice

since X = EK1(P) = DK2(C)

attack by encrypting P with all keys and store

then decrypt C with keys and match X value

can show takes O(256

) steps

Triple-DES with Two-Keys

hence must use 3 encryptions

would seem to need 3 distinct keys

but can use 2 keys with E-D-E sequence

C = EK1(DK2(EK1(P)))

nb encrypt & decrypt equivalent in security

if K1=K2 then can work with single DES

standardized in ANSI X9.17 & ISO8732

no current known practical attacks

Triple-DES with Three-Keys

although are no practical attacks on two key Triple-DES

have some indications

can use Triple-DES with Three-Keys to avoid even these

C = EK3(DK2(EK1(P)))

has been adopted by some Internet applications

eg PGP, S/MIME