Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices

Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices

A secure stream cipher is an effective security solution for applications running on resource-constrained devices. The Grain family of stream ciphers (Grain v1, Grain-128, and Grain-128a) is a family of stream ciphers designed for low-end devices. Similarly, Espresso is a lightweight stream cipher t...

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Main Authors: Subhrajyoti Deb, Bubu Bhuyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:ICT Express
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405959517303612
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spelling doaj-fbf29acaf94a4ac49dbb67725dbef7562020-11-25T01:38:18ZengElsevierICT Express2405-95952018-03-01411923Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devicesSubhrajyoti Deb0Bubu Bhuyan1Corresponding author.; Department of Information Technology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, IndiaDepartment of Information Technology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, IndiaA secure stream cipher is an effective security solution for applications running on resource-constrained devices. The Grain family of stream ciphers (Grain v1, Grain-128, and Grain-128a) is a family of stream ciphers designed for low-end devices. Similarly, Espresso is a lightweight stream cipher that was developed recently for 5G wireless mobile communication. The randomness of the keystream produced by a stream cipher is a good indicator of its security strength. In this study, we have analyzed the randomness properties of the keystreams produced by both the Grain Family and Espresso ciphers using the statistical packages DieHarder and NIST STS. We also analyzed their performances in two constrained devices (ATmega328P and ESP8266) based on three attainable parameters, namely computation time, memory, and power consumption. Keywords: Stream cipher, Randomness, Dieharder, NIST STShttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405959517303612
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author Subhrajyoti Deb
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Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
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title Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
title_short Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
title_full Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
title_fullStr Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
title_full_unstemmed Performance evaluation of Grain family and Espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
title_sort performance evaluation of grain family and espresso ciphers for applications on resource constrained devices
publisher Elsevier
series ICT Express
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publishDate 2018-03-01
description A secure stream cipher is an effective security solution for applications running on resource-constrained devices. The Grain family of stream ciphers (Grain v1, Grain-128, and Grain-128a) is a family of stream ciphers designed for low-end devices. Similarly, Espresso is a lightweight stream cipher that was developed recently for 5G wireless mobile communication. The randomness of the keystream produced by a stream cipher is a good indicator of its security strength. In this study, we have analyzed the randomness properties of the keystreams produced by both the Grain Family and Espresso ciphers using the statistical packages DieHarder and NIST STS. We also analyzed their performances in two constrained devices (ATmega328P and ESP8266) based on three attainable parameters, namely computation time, memory, and power consumption. Keywords: Stream cipher, Randomness, Dieharder, NIST STS
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