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20. Linear and Differential Cryptanalysis

Marius Iulian Mihailescu¹   and Stefania Loredana Nita¹

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Bucharest, Romania

 

In this chapter, we will go through two important types of cryptanalysis, linear and differential cryptanalysis, introducing basic and advanced concepts and techniques regarding how these two types of cryptanalysis can be conducted and implemented.

The research literature about linear and differential cryptanalysis is wide and rich in theoretical approaches and mechanisms, but only a few of the approaches can be applied in practice in a real-life environment. The difference ...