Title: A survey and analysis of different lightweight block cipher techniques for resource-constrained devices

Authors: G.C. Madhu; P. Vijaya Kumar

Addresses: School of Electronics, VIT University, Chennai, India ' School of Electronics, VIT University, Chennai, India

Abstract: Many smart applications are equipped with resource constrained devices which are characterised by small computational power, limited battery power and memory. Lightweight ciphers have become a popular choice for providing security for these devices. This work aimed to evaluate the performance and security of three lightweight ciphers called Anu, LiCi and Present. The performance of the ciphers is reported in terms of throughput. Data compression techniques are applied to improve the speed and throughput of the encryption. The efficacy of the ciphers in defending statistical attacks and differential attacks are assessed with the help of statistical and sensitivity tests. Our results proved that LiCi outperforms Anu and Present in many aspects.

Keywords: resource constrained devices; lightweight ciphers; performance; statistical test and sensitivity test.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2022.120011

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2022 Vol.14 No.1, pp.96 - 110

Received: 16 Oct 2020
Accepted: 23 Feb 2021
Published online: 04 Jan 2022 *

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