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}
}