Cryptography and

Network Security
Chapter 3
Fifth Edition
by William Stallings
 Chapter 3 Block Ciphers and
the Data Encryption Standard

All the afternoon Mungo had been working on

Stern's code, principally with the aid of the latest
messages which he had copied down at the
Nevin Square drop. Stern was very confident.
He must be well aware London Central knew
about that drop. It was obvious that they didn't
care how often Mungo read their messages, so
confident were they in the impenetrability of the
code.
Talking to Strange Men, Ruth Rendell
 Modern Block Ciphers
now look at modern block ciphers
one of the most widely used types of
cryptographic algorithms
provide secrecy /authentication services
focus on DES (Data Encryption Standard)
to illustrate block cipher design principles
 Block vs Stream Ciphers
block ciphers process messages in blocks,
each of which is then en/decrypted
like a substitution on very big characters
64-bits or more
stream ciphers process messages a bit or
byte at a time when en/decrypting
many current ciphers are block ciphers
better analysed
broader range of applications
Block vs Stream Ciphers
 Block Cipher Principles
most symmetric block ciphers are based on a
Feistel Cipher Structure
needed since must be able to decrypt ciphertext
to recover messages efficiently
block ciphers look like an extremely large
substitution
would need table of 264 entries for a 64-bit block
instead create from smaller building blocks
using idea of a product cipher
Ideal Block Cipher

permutation
Claude Shannon and Substitution-
Permutation Ciphers
Claude Shannon introduced idea of substitution-
permutation (S-P) networks in 1949 paper
form basis of modern block ciphers
S-P nets are based on the two primitive
cryptographic operations seen before:
substitution (S-box)
permutation (P-box)
provide confusion & diffusion of message & key
 Confusion and Diffusion
cipher needs to completely obscure
statistical properties of original message
a one-time pad does this
more practically Shannon suggested
combining S & P elements to obtain:
diffusion dissipates statistical structure
of plaintext over bulk of ciphertext
confusion makes relationship between
ciphertext and key as complex as possible
 Feistel Cipher Structure
Horst Feistel devised the Feistel cipher
based on concept of invertible product cipher
partitions input block into two halves
process through multiple rounds which
perform a substitution on left data half
based on round function of right half & subkey
then have permutation swapping halves
implements Shannons S-P net concept
Feistel Cipher Structure
Feistel Cipher Structure
Feistel Cipher Design Elements
block size
key size
number of rounds
subkey generation algorithm
round function
fast software en/decryption
ease of analysis
Data Encryption Standard (DES)

most widely used block cipher in world

adopted in 1977 by NBS (now NIST)
as FIPS PUB 46
encrypts 64-bit data using 56-bit key
has widespread use
has been considerable controversy over
its security
 DES History
IBM developed Lucifer cipher
by team led by Feistel in late 60s
used 64-bit data blocks with 128-bit key
then redeveloped as a commercial cipher
with input from NSA and others
in 1973 NBS issued request for proposals
for a national cipher standard
IBM submitted their revised Lucifer which
was eventually accepted as the DES
 DES Design Controversy
although DES standard is public
was considerable controversy over design
in choice of 56-bit key (vs Lucifer 128-bit)
and because design criteria were classified
subsequent events and public analysis
show in fact design was appropriate
use of DES has flourished
especially in financial applications
still standardised for legacy application use
DES Encryption Overview
 Initial Permutation IP
first step of the data computation
IP reorders the input data bits
even bits to LH half, odd bits to RH half
quite regular in structure (easy in h/w)
no cryptographic value
example:
IP(675a6967 5e5a6b5a) = (ffb2194d 004df6fb)
 DES Round Structure
uses two 32-bit L & R halves
as for any Feistel cipher can describe as:
Li = Ri1
Ri = Li1 F(Ri1, Ki)
F takes 32-bit R half and 48-bit subkey:
expands R to 48-bits using perm E
adds to subkey using XOR
passes through 8 S-boxes to get 32-bit result
finally permutes using 32-bit perm P
 DES Round Structure
Left Half i-1 Right Half i-1 Left Half Key i-1 Right Half Key i-1

28 28

32 Left Shift(s) i Left Shift(s) i

Expansion Permutation
Contraction Permutation
(permuted choice 2)
48
48
48
Round Key i

48

Keyed Substitution (8 S-Boxes)

32

Transposition (P-Box)

32
Mangler
Function
F
32

Mangled Right Half i-1

32

32

Left Half i Right Half i Left Half Key i-1 Right Half Key i-1
DES Round Structure
 DES Expansion Permutation
Right Half i-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

32 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 32 1

R half expanded to same length as 48-bit

subkey
consider R as 8 nybbles (4 bits each)
expansion permutation
copies each nybble into the middle of a 6-bit
block
copies the end bits of the two adjacent
nybbles into the two end bits of the 6-bit block
 Substitution Boxes S
have eight S-boxes which map 6 to 4 bits
each S-box is actually 4 little 4 bit boxes
outer bits 1 & 6 (row bits) select one row of 4
inner bits 2-5 (col bits) are substituted
result is 8 lots of 4 bits, or 32 bits
row selection depends on both data & key
feature known as autoclaving (autokeying)
example:
S(18 09 12 3d 11 17 38 39) = 5fd25e03
 Substitution Boxes S
each of the eight s-
boxes is different
input symbol each s-box reduces
6 bits to 4 bits
control

Si so the 8 s-boxes
implement the 48-bit
output symbol to 32-bit contraction
substitution
 Permutation Box P
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

16 7 20 21 29 12 28 17 1 15 23 26 5 18 31 10 2 8 24 14 32 27 3 9 19 13 30 6 22 11 4 25

P-box at end of each round

Increases diffusion/avalanche effect
 DES Round in Full
Right Half i-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

32 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 30 31 32 1

Round Key i

+
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

input symbol input symbol input symbol input symbol input symbol input symbol input symbol input symbol
control

control

control

control

control

control

control

control
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8

output symbol output symbol output symbol output symbol output symbol output symbol output symbol output symbol

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

16 7 20 21 29 12 28 17 1 15 23 26 5 18 31 10 2 8 24 14 32 27 3 9 19 13 30 6 22 11 4 25

Left Half i-1

+
O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Right Half i

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
 DES Key Schedule
forms subkeys used in each round
initial permutation of the key (PC1) which
selects 56-bits in two 28-bit halves
16 stages consisting of:
rotating each half separately either 1 or 2 places
depending on the key rotation schedule K
selecting 24-bits from each half & permuting them
by PC2 for use in round function F
note practical use issues in h/w vs s/w
 DES Key Schedule
64-bit key with parity bits
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

permuted
choice 1
57 49 41 33 25 17 9 1 58 50 42 34 26 18 10 2 59 51 43 35 27 19 11 3 60 52 44 36 63 55 47 39 31 23 15 7 62 54 46 38 30 22 14 6 61 53 45 37 29 21 13 5 28 20 12 4

56-bit key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
Left
Shift
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 29

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

permuted
choice 2
14 17 11 24 1 5 3 28 15 6 21 10 23 19 12 4 26 8 16 7 27 20 13 2 41 52 31 37 47 55 30 40 51 45 33 48 44 49 39 56 34 53 46 42 50 36 29 32

48-bit subkey 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
 DES Decryption
decrypt must unwind steps of data computation
with Feistel design, do encryption steps again
using subkeys in reverse order (SK16 SK1)
IP undoes final FP step of encryption
1st round with SK16 undoes 16th encrypt round
.
16th round with SK1 undoes 1st encrypt round
then final FP undoes initial encryption IP
thus recovering original data value
 DES Round Decryption
Left half i-1 Right half i-1

Mangler
Function Round key i
F

+
O

Left half i Right half i

Decryption
DES Example
 Avalanche Effect
key desirable property of encryption alg
where a change of one input or key bit
results in changing approx half output bits
making attempts to home-in by guessing
keys impossible
DES exhibits strong avalanche
Avalanche in DES
 Strength of DES Key Size
56-bit keys have 256 = 7.2 x 1016 values
brute force search looks hard
recent advances have shown is possible
in 1997 on Internet in a few months
in 1998 on dedicated h/w (EFF) in a few days
in 1999 above combined in 22hrs!
still must be able to recognize plaintext
must now consider alternatives to DES
 Strength of DES Analytic
Attacks
now have several analytic attacks on DES
these utilise some deep structure of the cipher
by gathering information about encryptions
can eventually recover some/all of the sub-key bits
if necessary then exhaustively search for the rest
generally these are statistical attacks
differential cryptanalysis
linear cryptanalysis
related key attacks
 Strength of DES Timing
Attacks
attacks actual implementation of cipher
use knowledge of consequences of
implementation to derive information about
some/all subkey bits
specifically use fact that calculations can
take varying times depending on the value
of the inputs to it
particularly problematic on smartcards
 Summary
have considered:
block vs stream ciphers
Feistel cipher design & structure
DES
details
strength
Differential & Linear Cryptanalysis
block cipher design principles