2. Multiple Encryption & DES  clearly a replacement for DES was needed Vulnerable to brute-force key search attacks Vulnerable to brute-force key search attacks  Can DES be patched and saved?

3. Double-DES?  could use 2 DES encrypts on each block C = E K2 (E K1 (P)) C = E K2 (E K1 (P))  issue of reduction to 1-DES; “is DES a group?”  Campbell, Wiener in 1992: NO!  “meet-in-the-middle” attack works whenever use a cipher twice works whenever use a cipher twice since X = E K1 (P) = D K2 (C) since X = E K1 (P) = D K2 (C) attack by encrypting P with all keys and store attack by encrypting P with all keys and store then decrypt C with keys and match X value then decrypt C with keys and match X value Basic round of the attack takes 2 * 2 56 encryptions/decryptions; we may have to repeat it a few times. Basic round of the attack takes 2 * 2 56 encryptions/decryptions; we may have to repeat it a few times. Show on board Show on board

4. Triple-DES with Two-Keys  hence must use 3 encryptions would seem to need 3 distinct keys would seem to need 3 distinct keys  but can use 2 keys with E-D-E sequence C = E K1 (D K2 (E K1 (P))) C = E K1 (D K2 (E K1 (P))) because encrypt & decrypt equivalent in security because encrypt & decrypt equivalent in security if K1=K2 then can work with single DES if K1=K2 then can work with single DES  standardized in ANSI X9.17 & ISO8732  no current known practical attacks

5. Triple-DES with Three-Keys  although are no practical attacks on two- key, Triple-DES has some drawbacks  can use Triple-DES with Three-Keys to avoid even these C = E K3 (D K2 (E K1 (P))) C = E K3 (D K2 (E K1 (P)))  has been adopted by some Internet applications, eg PGP, S/MIME

6. Modes of Operation  block ciphers encrypt fixed size blocks eg. DES encrypts 64-bit blocks with 56-bit key eg. DES encrypts 64-bit blocks with 56-bit key  need some way to en/decrypt arbitrary amounts of data in practice  ANSI X3.106-1983 Modes of Use (now FIPS 81) defines 4 possible modes  There are 5 modes that are in common use

7. Electronic Codebook Book (ECB)  message is broken into independent blocks which are encrypted  each block is a value which is substituted, like a codebook, hence name  each block is encoded independently of the other blocks C i = DES K1 (P i )  uses: secure transmission of single values

8. Electronic Codebook Book (ECB)

9. Problems with ECB  message repetitions may show in ciphertext if aligned with message block if aligned with message block or with messages that change very little, which become a code-book analysis problem or with messages that change very little, which become a code-book analysis problem  Used rarely; main use is sending a few blocks of data

10. Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)  message is broken into blocks  linked together in encryption operation  each previous cipher blocks is chained with current plaintext block, hence name  use Initial Vector (IV) to start process C i = E K (P i XOR C i-1 ) C -1 = IV  uses: bulk data encryption

11. Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)

12. Advantages and Limitations of CBC  a ciphertext block depends on all blocks before it  any change to a block affects all following ciphertext blocks  Initialization Vector (IV) : different IV hides patterns and repetitions  Error propagation: one error during encryption (rare) affects all subsequent blocks; one error during encryption (rare) affects all subsequent blocks; One error during transmission affects 2 blocks, the current one and the next one. One error during transmission affects 2 blocks, the current one and the next one.

13. Cipher FeedBack (CFB)  message is treated as a stream of bits or bytes  result is feed back for next stage (hence name)  standard allows any number of bit (1,8, 64 or 128 etc) to be feed back denoted CFB-1, CFB-8, CFB-64, CFB-128 etc denoted CFB-1, CFB-8, CFB-64, CFB-128 etc  most efficient to use all bits in block (64 or 128) C i = P i XOR E K (C i-1 ) C -1 = IV  Used for stream data encryption

14. Cipher FeedBack (CFB)

15. Advantages and Limitations of CFB  appropriate when data arrives in bits/bytes  most common stream mode  note that the block cipher is used in encryption mode at both ends  errors during transmission propagate for several blocks only (till the “dirty” part is eliminated from the shift register).

16. Output FeedBack (OFB)  message is treated as a stream of bits  output of cipher is added to message  output is then feed back (hence name)  feedback is independent of message  So feedback can be computed in advance

17. Output FeedBack (OFB)

18. Advantages and Limitations of OFB  bit errors do not propagate  Encryption and decryption of blocks can be done in parallel

19. Counter (CTR)  a “new” mode, though proposed early on  similar to OFB but encrypts counter value rather than any feedback value  must have a different counter value for every plaintext block (never reused) C i = P i XOR O i O i = DES K1 (i)  uses: high-speed network encryptions

20. Counter (CTR)

21. Advantages and Limitations of CTR  efficiency can do parallel encryptions in h/w or s/w can do parallel encryptions in h/w or s/w can preprocess in advance of need can preprocess in advance of need  random access to encrypted data blocks  provable security (good as other modes)  but must ensure never reuse key/counter values, otherwise could break.

22. Stream Ciphers  process message bit by bit (as a stream)  have a pseudo random streamkey  combined (XOR) with plaintext bit by bit  Similar to one-time pad, but pseudo-rand. key instead of random key  randomness of streamkey completely destroys statistically properties in message C i = M i XOR StreamKey i C i = M i XOR StreamKey i  but must never reuse stream key otherwise can recover messages otherwise can recover messages

23. Stream Cipher Structure general idea:

24. Stream Cipher Properties  some design considerations are: long period with no repetitions long period with no repetitions statistically random statistically random depends on large enough key (current recommendation: >= 128 bits) depends on large enough key (current recommendation: >= 128 bits)  properly designed, can be as secure as a block cipher with same size key  but usually simpler & faster

25. RC4  a proprietary cipher owned by RSA company  another Ron Rivest design, simple but effective  variable key size, byte-oriented stream cipher  widely used (web SSL/TLS, wireless WEP)  key forms random permutation of all 8-bit values  uses that permutation to scramble input info processed a byte at a time

26. RC4 Key Schedule  starts with an array S of numbers: 0..255  use key to well and truly shuffle  S forms internal state of the cipher // initialization for i = 0 to 255 do S[i] = i T[i] = K[i mod keylen]) // initial perm. of S j = 0 for i = 0 to 255 do j = (j + S[i] + T[i]) (mod 256) swap (S[i], S[j])

27. RC4 Encryption  encryption continues shuffling array values  sum of shuffled pair selects "stream key" value from permutation  XOR S[t] with next byte of message to en/decrypt i = j = 0 for each message byte M i i = (i + 1) (mod 256) j = (j + S[i]) (mod 256) swap(S[i], S[j]) t = (S[i] + S[j]) (mod 256) C i = M i XOR S[t]

28. RC4 Overview

29. RC4 Security  claimed secure against known attacks There are some attacks, none practical There are some attacks, none practical  result is very non-linear  since RC4 is a stream cipher, must never reuse a key  There are concerns with WEP, but due to key handling rather than RC4 itself

30. Summary  Triple-DES  Modes of Operation ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB, CTR ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB, CTR  stream ciphers  RC4