Title :
A note on the selfshrinking generator
Author :
Ekdahl, Patrik ; Johansson, Thomas ; Meier, Willi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Lund Univ., Sweden
fDate :
29 June-4 July 2003
Abstract :
This paper shows that certain weak feedback polynomials allow very efficient distinguishing attacks on the selfshrinking generator. This gives a new improved attack if the generator uses a secret feedback polynomial.
Keywords :
cryptography; feedback; polynomials; secret feedback polynomial; selfshrinking generator; Clocks; Feedback; Information technology; Polynomials; Probability; Random sequences; Shift registers;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7728-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2003.1228180
