Re: ciphers with keys modifying control flow?

2010-09-29 Thread Florian Weimer
* Steven Bellovin: > Does anyone know of any ciphers where bits of keys modify the > control path, rather than just data operations? AES. See François Koeune, Jean-Jacques Quisqater, "A timing attack aganst Rijndael". Université catholique de Louvain, Technicl Report CG-1999. --

Re: ciphers with keys modifying control flow?

2010-09-29 Thread Jerry Leichter
On Sep 22, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Steven Bellovin wrote: Does anyone know of any ciphers where bits of keys modify the control path, rather than just data operations? Yes, I know that that's a slippery concept, since ultimately things like addition and multiplication can be implemented with loo

ciphers with keys modifying control flow?

2010-09-27 Thread Steven Bellovin
Does anyone know of any ciphers where bits of keys modify the control path, rather than just data operations? Yes, I know that that's a slippery concept, since ultimately things like addition and multiplication can be implemented with loops in the hardware or firmware. I also suspect that it's