Title :
An Enhanced Cryptographic Technique for Messages Traveling between Computers
Author :
Khalil, Omar Kassem ; Boudjella, Aissa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Al Khawarizmi Int. Univ. Coll., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
In this work, a symmetric key cryptographic technique for encrypting/decrypting data is implemented with C language. The proposed technique is mainly intended for sending an email, a private instant messaging or text blocks. The plaintext for encryption/decryption is treated at the bit level which provides more security than mingling and mangling characters. In addition, the advantage of this technique is that both, the key algorithm which is generated from the plaintext stream bit and the encryption/decryption algorithm are the same. If we change a key from one encryption to another using the same plaintext, the ciphertext will be different. Errors in one or more bits of the ciphertext do not affect the future ciphertext blocks. The disadvantage is the security problem. Equal blocks in the plaintext become equal blocks in the ciphertext, which is easy to guess from the ciphertext that two blocks are the same.
Keywords :
C language; cryptography; C language; ciphertext; decryption; email; encryption; plaintext stream bit; private instant messaging; security problem; symmetric key cryptographic technique; text block; Computers; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Encryption; Receivers; decryption; encryption key; secret key cryptography (SKC); symmetric key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Developments in eSystems Engineering (DeSE), 2013 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Abu Dhabi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5263-2
DOI :
10.1109/DeSE.2013.50