English

On some block ciphers and imprimitive groups

Group Theory 2016-04-01 v1

Abstract

The group generated by the round functions of a block ciphers is a widely investigated problem. We identify a large class of block ciphers for which such group is easily guaranteed to be primitive. Our class includes the AES and the SERPENT.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0806.4135,
  title  = {On some block ciphers and imprimitive groups},
  author = {A. Caranti and F. Dalla Volta and M. Sala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4135},
  year   = {2016}
}
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