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Cryptographic requirements for chaotic secure communications
In recent years, a great amount of secure communications systems based on
chaotic synchronization have been published. Most of the proposed schemes fail
to explain a number of features of fundamental importance to all cryptosystems,
such as key definition, characterization, and generation. As a consequence, the
proposed ciphers are difficult to realize in practice with a reasonable degree
of security. Likewise, they are seldom accompanied by a security analysis.
Thus, it is hard for the reader to have a hint about their security. In this
work we provide a set of guidelines that every new cryptosystems would benefit
from adhering to. The proposed guidelines address these two main gaps, i.e.,
correct key management and security analysis, to help new cryptosystems be
presented in a more rigorous cryptographic way. Also some recommendations are
offered regarding some practical aspects of communications, such as channel
noise, limited bandwith, and attenuation.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure
Return-Map Cryptanalysis Revisited
As a powerful cryptanalysis tool, the method of return-map attacks can be
used to extract secret messages masked by chaos in secure communication
schemes. Recently, a simple defensive mechanism was presented to enhance the
security of chaotic parameter modulation schemes against return-map attacks.
Two techniques are combined in the proposed defensive mechanism: multistep
parameter modulation and alternative driving of two different transmitter
variables. This paper re-studies the security of this proposed defensive
mechanism against return-map attacks, and points out that the security was much
over-estimated in the original publication for both ciphertext-only attack and
known/chosen-plaintext attacks. It is found that a deterministic relationship
exists between the shape of the return map and the modulated parameter, and
that such a relationship can be used to dramatically enhance return-map attacks
thereby making them quite easy to break the defensive mechanism.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Using discrete-time hyperchaotic-based asymmetric encryption and decryption keys for secure signal transmission
In this paper, a framework for the synchronization of two non-identical discrete-time hyperchaotic systems, namely the 3D Baier-Klein and the 3D Hitzel-Zele maps, based on the use of hybrid output feedback concept and aggregation techniques, is employed to design a two-channel secure communication system. New sufficient conditions for synchronization are obtained by the use of Borne and Gentina practical criterion for stabilization study associated to the forced arrow form matrix for system description. The efficiency of the proposed approach to confidentially recover the transmitted message signal is shown via an application to the hyperchaotic Baier-Klein and Hitzel-Zele systems, considered as generators of asymmetric encryption and decryption keys
Implementation of a secure digital chaotic communication scheme on a DSP board
In this paper, a new a secure communication scheme using chaotic signal for transmitting binary digital signals is proposed and which is then implemented on a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) board. The method uses the idea of indirect coupled synchronization for generating the same keystream in the transmitter and receiver side. This chaotic keystream is applied to encrypt the message signal before being modulated with a chaotic carrier generated from the transmitter. Discrete chaotic maps, 3D Henon map and Lorenz system are used as transmitter/receiver and key generators respectively. The overall system is experimentally implemented in the TMS320C6713 DSK board using code composer and Simulink showing the successful message extraction thus proving the feasibility of the system in the DSP board
PVT-Robust CMOS Programmable Chaotic Oscillator: Synchronization of Two 7-Scroll Attractors
Designing chaotic oscillators using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit technology for generating multi-scroll attractors has been a challenge. That way, we introduce a current-mode piecewise-linear (PWL) function based on CMOS cells that allow programmable generation of 2â7-scroll chaotic attractors. The mathematical model of the chaotic oscillator designed herein has four coefficients and a PWL function, which can be varied to provide a high value of the maximum Lyapunov exponent. The coefficients are implemented electronically by designing operational transconductance amplifiers that allow programmability of their transconductances. Design simulations of the chaotic oscillator are provided for the 0.35ÎŒ m CMOS technology. Post-layout and processâvoltageâtemperature (PVT) variation simulations demonstrate robustness of the multi-scroll chaotic attractors. Finally, we highlight the synchronization of two seven-scroll attractors in a masterâslave topology by generalized Hamiltonian forms and observer approach. Simulation results show that the synchronized CMOS chaotic oscillators are robust to PVT variations and are suitable for chaotic secure communication applications.Universidad AutĂłnoma de Tlaxcala CACyPI-UATx-2017Program to Strengthen Quality in Educational Institutions C/PFCE-2016-29MSU0013Y-07-23National Council for Science and Technology 237991 22284
Effective synchronization of a class of Chua's chaotic systems using an exponential feedback coupling
In this work a robust exponential function based controller is designed to
synchronize effectively a given class of Chua's chaotic systems. The stability
of the drive-response systems framework is proved through the Lyapunov
stability theory. Computer simulations are given to illustrate and verify the
method.Comment: 12 pages, 18 figure
Security analysis of communication system based on the synchronization of different order chaotic systems
This work analyzes the security weakness of a recently proposed communication
method based on chaotic modulation and masking using synchronization of two
chaotic systems with different orders. It is shown that its application to
secure communication is unsafe, because it can be broken in two different ways,
by high-pass filtering and by reduced order system synchronization, without
knowing neither the system parameter values nor the system key.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX forma
Synchronization of spatiotemporal semiconductor lasers and its application in color image encryption
Optical chaos is a topic of current research characterized by
high-dimensional nonlinearity which is attributed to the delay-induced
dynamics, high bandwidth and easy modular implementation of optical feedback.
In light of these facts, which adds enough confusion and diffusion properties
for secure communications, we explore the synchronization phenomena in
spatiotemporal semiconductor laser systems. The novel system is used in a
two-phase colored image encryption process. The high-dimensional chaotic
attractor generated by the system produces a completely randomized chaotic time
series, which is ideal in the secure encoding of messages. The scheme thus
illustrated is a two-phase encryption method, which provides sufficiently high
confusion and diffusion properties of chaotic cryptosystem employed with unique
data sets of processed chaotic sequences. In this novel method of cryptography,
the chaotic phase masks are represented as images using the chaotic sequences
as the elements of the image. The scheme drastically permutes the positions of
the picture elements. The next additional layer of security further alters the
statistical information of the original image to a great extent along the
three-color planes. The intermediate results during encryption demonstrate the
infeasibility for an unauthorized user to decipher the cipher image. Exhaustive
statistical tests conducted validate that the scheme is robust against noise
and resistant to common attacks due to the double shield of encryption and the
infinite dimensionality of the relevant system of partial differential
equations.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figures; Article in press, Optics Communications (2011
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