Security problems with improper implementations of improved FEA-M

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 791-794

  Li, Shujun ^a   Lo, Kwok Tung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chosen ciphertext attack; Chosen plaintext attack; Differential attack; FEA M; Insecure implementation; Multimedia encryption; Pseudo random process

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CRYPTOGRAPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY OF DATA;

CHOSEN-CIPHERTEXT ATTACK; CHOSEN-PLAINTEXT ATTACK; DIFFERENTIAL ATTACK; INSECURE IMPLEMENTATION; MULTIMEDIA ENCRYPTION; PSEUDO-RANDOM PROCESS;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847643270     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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