Title :
Private-key encryption based on concatenation of codes
Author :
Al Jabri, A. Kh ; Al-Thukair, F. ; Mirza, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
fDate :
6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Public-key algebraic encryption (PUAE) has certain advantages that make it attractive in some applications. Variants of PUAE for private-key algebraic encryption (PRAE); have been proposed subsequently. PRAE is proven to be insecure under chosen plaintext attack. In the paper, some invariants of PRAE are studied, and a private-key cryptosystem based on concatenation of codes is proposed and analysed. The new system is, composed of short-length codes and is designed to avoid the weaknesses in other PRAE systems. The system looks secure against known attacks. Some methods to improve the system information rate and security are also suggested
Keywords :
codes; public key cryptography; codes concatenation; plaintext attack; private-key cryptosystem; private-key encryption; public-key algebraic encryption; short-length codes; system information rate; system security;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEE Proceedings-
DOI :
10.1049/ip-com:19941137