General | |
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Designers | Deukjo Hong, Jung-Keun Lee, Dong-Chan Kim, Daesung Kwon, Kwon Ho Ryu, Dong-Geon Lee |
First published | 2013 |
Cipher detail | |
Key sizes | 128, 192, or 256 bits |
Block sizes | 128 bits |
Structure | ARX (modular Addition, bitwise Rotation, and bitwise XOR) |
Rounds | 24, 28, or 32 (depending on key size) |
Best public cryptanalysis | |
As of 2019, no successful attack on full-round LEA is known. |
The Lightweight Encryption Algorithm (also known as LEA) is a 128-bit block cipher developed by South Korea in 2013 to provide confidentiality in high-speed environments such as big data and cloud computing, as well as lightweight environments such as IoT devices and mobile devices.[1] LEA has three different key lengths: 128, 192, and 256 bits. LEA encrypts data about 1.5 to 2 times faster than AES, the most widely used block cipher in various software environments.
LEA is one of the cryptographic algorithms approved by the Korean Cryptographic Module Validation Program (KCMVP) and is the national standard of Republic of Korea (KS X 3246). LEA is included in the ISO/IEC 29192-2:2019 standard (Information security - Lightweight cryptography - Part 2: Block ciphers).
Specification
The block cipher LEA consisting of ARX operations (modular Addition: , bitwise Rotation: , , and bitwise XOR ) for 32-bit words processes data blocks of 128 bits and has three different key lengths: 128, 192, and 256 bits. LEA with a 128-bit key, LEA with a 192-bit key, and LEA with a 256-bit key are referred to as “LEA-128”, “LEA-192”, and “LEA-256”, respectively. The number of rounds is 24 for LEA-128, 28 for LEA-192, and 32 for LEA-256.
Encryption
Let be a 128-bit block of plaintext and be a 128-bit block of ciphertext, where and () are 32-bit blocks. Let () be 192-bit round keys, where () are 32-bit blocks. Here is the number of rounds for the LEA algorithm. The encryption operation is described as follows:
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Decryption
The decryption operation is as follows:
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Key schedule
The key schedule of LEA supports 128, 192, and 256-bit keys and outputs 192-bit round keys () for the data processing part.
Key schedule for LEA-128
Let be a 128-bit key, where () are 32-bit blocks. The key schedule for LEA-128 takes and four 32-bit constants () as inputs and outputs twenty-four 192-bit round keys (). The key schedule operation for LEA-128 is as follows:
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Key schedule for LEA-192
Let be a 192-bit key, where () are 32-bit blocks. The key schedule for LEA-192 takes and six 32-bit constants () as inputs and outputs twenty-eight 192-bit round keys (). The key schedule operation for LEA-192 is as follows:
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Key schedule for LEA-256
Let be a 256-bit key, where () are 32-bit blocks. The key schedule for LEA-192 takes and eight 32-bit constants () as inputs and outputs thirty-two 192-bit round keys (). The key schedule operation for LEA-256 is as follows:
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Constant values
The eight 32-bit constant values () used in the key schedule are given in the following table.
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
0xc3efe9db | 0x44626b02 | 0x79e27c8a | 0x78df30ec | 0x715ea49e | 0xc785da0a | 0xe04ef22a | 0xe5c40957 |
Security
As of 2019, no successful attack on full-round LEA is known. As is typical for iterated block ciphers, reduced-round variants have been attacked. The best published attacks on LEA in the standard attack model (CPA/CCA with unknown key) are boomerang attacks and differential linear attacks. The security margin to the whole rounds ratio is greater than 37% against various existing cryptanalytic techniques for block ciphers.
Attack type | Attacked rounds |
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Differential[2] | 14 |
Truncated differential[2] | 14 |
Linear[1] | 13 |
Zero correlation[1] | 10 |
Boomerang[1] | 15 |
Impossible differential[1] | 12 |
Integral[1] | 9 |
Differential linear[1] | 15 |
Related-key differential[1] | 13 |
Block ciphers | Rounds (Attacked / Total) | Security margins |
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LEA-128 | 15 / 24 | 37.50% |
LEA-192 | 16 / 28 | 42.85% |
LEA-256 | 18 / 32 | 43.75% |
Performance
LEA has very good performance in a general-purpose software environment. In particular, it is possible to encrypt at a rate of about 1.5 to 2 times on average, compared to AES, the most widely used block cipher in various software environments. The tables below compare the performance of LEA and AES using FELICS (Fair Evaluation of Lightweight Cryptographic Systems),[3] a benchmarking framework for evaluation of software implementations of lightweight cryptographic primitives.
Platform | LEA-128 | LEA-192 | LEA-256 | AES-128 | |
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AVR | Code | 1,684 | 2,010 | 2,150 | 3,010 |
RAM | 631 | 943 | 1,055 | 408 | |
Time | 61,020 | 80,954 | 92,194 | 58,248 | |
MSP | Code | 1,130 | 1,384 | 1,468 | 2,684 |
RAM | 626 | 942 | 1,046 | 408 | |
Time | 47,339 | 56,540 | 64,001 | 86,506 | |
ARM | Code | 472 | 536 | 674 | 3,050 |
RAM | 684 | 968 | 1,080 | 452 | |
Time | 17,417 | 20,640 | 24,293 | 83,868 |
Platform | LEA-128 | LEA-192 | LEA-256 | AES-128 | |
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AVR | Code | 906 | 1,210 | 1,306 | 1,246 |
RAM | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | |
Time | 4,023 | 4,630 | 5,214 | 3,408 | |
MSP | Code | 722 | 1,014 | 1,110 | 1,170 |
RAM | 78 | 78 | 78 | 80 | |
Time | 2,814 | 3,242 | 3,622 | 4,497 | |
ARM | Code | 628 | 916 | 1,012 | 1,348 |
RAM | 92 | 100 | 100 | 124 | |
Time | 906 | 1,108 | 1,210 | 4,044 |
Test vectors
Test vectors for LEA for each key length are as follows.[5] All values are expressed in hexadecimal form.
- LEA-128
- Key: 0f 1e 2d 3c 4b 5a 69 78 87 96 a5 b4 c3 d2 e1 f0
- Plaintext: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f
- Ciphertext: 9f c8 4e 35 28 c6 c6 18 55 32 c7 a7 04 64 8b fd
- LEA-192
- Key: 0f 1e 2d 3c 4b 5a 69 78 87 96 a5 b4 c3 d2 e1 f0 f0 e1 d2 c3 b4 a5 96 87
- Plaintext: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
- Ciphertext: 6f b9 5e 32 5a ad 1b 87 8c dc f5 35 76 74 c6 f2
- LEA-256
- Key: 0f 1e 2d 3c 4b 5a 69 78 87 96 a5 b4 c3 d2 e1 f0 f0 e1 d2 c3 b4 a5 96 87 78 69 5a 4b 3c 2d 1e 0f
- Plaintext: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f
- Ciphertext: d6 51 af f6 47 b1 89 c1 3a 89 00 ca 27 f9 e1 97
Implementations
LEA is free for any use: public or private, commercial or non-commercial. The source code for distribution of LEA implemented in C, Java, and Python can be downloaded from KISA's website.[6] In addition, LEA is contained in Crypto++ library, a free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes.[7]
KCMVP
LEA is one of the cryptographic algorithms approved by the Korean Cryptographic Module Validation Program (KCMVP).[8]
Standardization
LEA is included in the following standards.
- KS X 3246, 128-bit block cipher LEA (in Korean)[5]
- ISO/IEC 29192-2:2019, Information security - Lightweight cryptography - Part 2: Block ciphers[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hong, Deukjo; Lee, Jung-Keun; Kim, Dong-Chan; Kwon, Daesung; Ryu, Kwon Ho; Lee, Dong-Geon (2014). "LEA: A 128-Bit Block Cipher for Fast Encryption on Common Processors". Information Security Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 8267. Springer International Publishing. pp. 3–27. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05149-9_1. ISBN 978-3-319-05149-9.
- 1 2 Song, Ling; Huang, Zhangjie; Yang, Qianqian (2016). "Automatic Differential Analysis of ARX Block Ciphers with Application to SPECK and LEA". Information Security and Privacy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 9723. Springer International Publishing. pp. 379–394. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40367-0_24. ISBN 978-3-319-40367-0.
- ↑ Dinu, Daniel; Corre, Yann Le; Khovratovich, Dmitry; Perrin, Léo; Großschädl, Johann; Biryukov, Alex (14 July 2018). "Triathlon of lightweight block ciphers for the Internet of things" (PDF). Journal of Cryptographic Engineering. 9 (3): 283–302. doi:10.1007/s13389-018-0193-x. S2CID 1578215.
- 1 2 "CryptoLUX > FELICS". cryptolux.org.
- 1 2 "KS X 3246, 128-bit block cipher LEA (in Korean)".
- ↑ "KISA 암호이용활성화 - 암호알고리즘 소스코드". seed.kisa.or.kr.
- ↑ "Crypto++ Library 8.2 | Free C++ Class Library of Cryptographic Schemes". www.cryptopp.com.
- ↑ "KISA 암호이용활성화 - 개요". seed.kisa.or.kr.
- ↑ "ISO/IEC 29192-2:2019, Information security - Lightweight cryptography - Part 2: Block ciphers".