Chaotic encryption method based on life-like cellular automata

Autor(es)

Machicao, Jeaneth ^[1] ; Marco, Anderson G. ^[1] ; Bruno, Odemir Martinez ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS; v. 39, n. 16, p. 12626-12635, NOV 15 2012.
• Citações Web of Science: 22

Resumo

A chaotic encryption algorithm is proposed based on the ``Life-like{''} cellular automata (CA), which acts as a pseudo-random generator (PRNG). The paper main focus is to use chaos theory to cryptography. Thus, CA was explored to look for this ``chaos{''} property. This way, the manuscript is more concerning on tests like: Lyapunov exponent, Entropy and Hamming distance to measure the chaos in CA, as well as statistic analysis like DIEHARD and ENT suites. Our results achieved higher randomness quality than others ciphers in literature. These results reinforce the supposition of a strong relationship between chaos and the randomness quality. Thus, the ``chaos{''} property of CA is a good reason to be employed in cryptography, furthermore, for its simplicity, low cost of implementation and respectable encryption power. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/05461-0 - Autômatos celulares e redes complexas e suas aplicações em reconhecimento de padrões e criptografia
• Beneficiário: Marina Jeaneth Machicao Justo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 11/01523-1 - Métodos de visão computacional aplicados à identificação e análise de plantas
• Beneficiário: Odemir Martinez Bruno
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular