Research Article

Improvements for Finding Impossible Differentials of Block Cipher Structures

Table 2

Summary of impossible differentials (IDs) of some well-known block ciphers structures found by different methods.

Block cipher UID [14] Wu-Wang [31] This paper

Gen-Skipjack 16: Same as UID
Gen-CAST256 19: Same as UID
Four-Cell 18: Same as UID
Gen-MARS 11: Same as UID
Gen-RC6 9: Same as UID
9:  
SMS4 11: Same as UID
Misty
SNAKE
8-round, 4 IDs Same as Wu-Wang
MIBS 8-round, 6 IDs 8-round, 10 IDs
LBlock14-round, 80 IDs Same as Wu-Wang
E2 6-round, 56 IDs Same as Wu-Wang