IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
Online ISSN : 1745-1337
Print ISSN : 0916-8508
Special Section on Cryptography and Information Security
Preimage Attacks on Feistel-SP Functions: Impact of Omitting the Last Network Twist
Yu SASAKI
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2015 Volume E98.A Issue 1 Pages 61-71

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In this paper, generic attacks are presented against hash functions that are constructed by a hashing mode instantiating a Feistel or generalized Feistel networks with an SP-round function. It is observed that the omission of the network twist in the last round can be a weakness against preimage attacks. The first target is a standard Feistel network with an SP round function. Up to 11 rounds can be attacked in generic if a condition on a key schedule function is satisfied. The second target is a 4-branch type-2 generalized Feistel network with an SP round function. Up to 15 rounds can be attacked in generic. These generic attacks are then applied to hashing modes of ISO standard ciphers Camellia-128 without FL and whitening layers and CLEFIA-128.

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