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- Inventor(s):
- James L. Massey, Xuejia Lai
- Patent Number:
- US 5214703
- Description:
The device (12) comprises nine encryption stages (61.1, 61.2, 69), the first eight of which are constructed identically. It further comprises a key subblock generation unit (63), an input unit (21), and an output unit (79). It serves for the block-by-block encryption of a plaintext (X) proceeding from a message source (11) into a ciphertext (Y) to be delivered on a transmission line (13), wherein a secret key block (Z) is inputted beforehand via a secure channel 17. The encryption is effected…
- Date Issued:
- 1993-05-25
- Record Visibility:
- Public
- Title
- Device for the conversion of a digital block and use of same
- Description
- The device (12) comprises nine encryption stages (61.1, 61.2, 69), the first eight of which are constructed identically. It further comprises a key subblock generation unit (63), an input unit (21), and an output unit (79). It serves for the block-by-block encryption of a plaintext (X) proceeding from a message source (11) into a ciphertext (Y) to be delivered on a transmission line (13), wherein a secret key block (Z) is inputted beforehand via a secure channel 17. The encryption is effected in a step-by-step and parallel manner for four subblocks (X.sub.1 -X.sub.4 ; W.sub.11 -W.sub.14 ; W.sub.21 -W.sub.24 ; W.sub.81 -W.sub.84 ; Y.sub.1 -Y.sub.4). Every encryption stage (61.1, 61.2, 69) comprises four first inputs (25-28; 35-38), six and four second inputs (29, 30, 32, 33, 49, 52; 129, 130, 132, 133), respectively, and four outputs (75-78). A total of fifty-two key subblocks (Z.sub.1 -Z.sub.52) which are formed from the key block (Z) are connected to the second inputs. The device (12) can also serve, without being altered, for the decryption of an incoming ciphertext (Y). Different key subblocks need only be connected to the second inputs for this purpose.
- Creator
- James L. Massey, Xuejia Lai
- Publisher
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Patent