Focusing on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), this book explores the application of algebraic techniques in analyzing this crucial block cipher. Unlike traditional statistical methods, the algebraic approach offers a fresh perspective that could significantly impact AES security. The comprehensive analysis presented aims to enhance understanding of AES and its potential vulnerabilities, making it essential reading for those interested in cryptography and data protection.
The three volume-set, LNCS 9814, LNCS 9815, and LNCS 9816, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 36th Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2016, held in Santa Barbara, CA, USA, in August 2016. The 70 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 274 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: provable security for symmetric cryptography; asymmetric cryptography and cryptanalysis; cryptography in theory and practice; compromised systems; symmetric cryptanalysis; algorithmic number theory; symmetric primitives; asymmetric cryptography; symmetric cryptography; cryptanalytic tools; hardware-oriented cryptography; secure computation and protocols; obfuscation; quantum techniques; spooky encryption; IBE, ABE, and functional encryption; automated tools and synthesis; zero knowledge; theory.
Fast Software Encryption (FSE) 2006 is the 13th in a series of workshops on symmetric cryptography. It has been sponsored for the last ? ve years by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), and previous FSE workshops have been held around the world: 1993 Cambridge, UK 1994 Leuven, Belgium 1996 Cambridge, UK 1997 Haifa, Israel 1998 Paris, France 1999 Rome, Italy 2000 New York, USA 2001 Yokohama, Japan 2002 Leuven, Belgium 2003 Lund, Sweden 2004 New Delhi, India 2005 Paris, France The FSE workshop is devoted to research on fast and secure primitives for symmetric cryptography, including the design and analysis of block ciphers, stream ciphers, encryption schemes, analysis and evaluation tools, hash fu- tions, and message authentication codes. This year more than 100 papers were submitted to FSE for the ? rst time. After an extensive review by the ProgramCommittee, 27 papers were presented at the workshop. Of course, the programwould not have been complete without the invited speaker, and the presentation by Eli Biham on the early history of di? erential cryptanalysis was particularly appreciated by workshop attendees.
