Title :
Cryptanalysis of the Lightweight Block Cipher Hummingbird-1
Author :
Xunjun Chen ; Yuelong Zhu ; Zheng Gong ; Yiyuan Luo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf., Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Hummingbird-1 is a lightweight cryptographic algorithm appropriated for use within resource-constrained environments, which has 256-bit key and encrypt a 16-bitdata in one operation. In this paper, a cryptanalysis ofHummingbird-1 is given which shows a shortcut attack on the internal 16-bit block length, 64-bit key block cipher. The results indicate that Hummingbird-1 may not achieve the security goal with its design choices.
Keywords :
cryptography; 16-bit data; 256-bit key; 64-bit key block cipher; Hummingbird-1; cryptanalysis; internal 16-bit block length; lightweight block cipher; lightweight cryptographic algorithm; resource-constrained environments; shortcut attack; word length 16 bit; word length 256 bit; word length 64 bit; Ciphers; Educational institutions; Encryption; Hardware; Time complexity; Block cipher; Cryptanalysis; Hummingbird-1; RFID Security;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT), 2013 Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2140-9
DOI :
10.1109/EIDWT.2013.92
