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Algebraic attacks on stream ciphers apply (at least theoretically) to all LFSR-based stream ciphers that are clocked in a simple and/or easily predictable way. One interesting approach to help resist such attacks is to add a component that de-synchronizes the output bits of the cipher from the clock of the LFSR. The Bit-search generator, recently proposed by Gouget and Sibert, is inspired by the so-called Self-Shrinking Generator which is known for its simplicity (conception and implementation-wise) linked with some interesting properties. In this paper, we introduce two modified versions of the BSG, called MBSG and ABSG, and some of their properties are studied. We apply a range of cryptanalytic techniques in order to compare the security of the BSGs.
Work partially supported by the French Ministry of Research RNRT Project “X-CRYPT” and by the European Commission via ECRYPT network of excellence IST-2002-507932.
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Gouget, A., Sibert, H., Berbain, C., Courtois, N., Debraize, B., Mitchell, C. (2005). Analysis of the Bit-Search Generator and Sequence Compression Techniques. In: Gilbert, H., Handschuh, H. (eds) Fast Software Encryption. FSE 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3557. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11502760_13
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