Description
To provide security autonomy capability, such that different users can have independent variants of the encryption algorithm, MK-3 is designed to be customizable. Two levels of customization are supported, Factory Customization and Field Customization. Customization is done by modifying functions and function parameters in the algorithm to yield differing cipher functions while preserving the algorithm's security. The main goal of this work is to present the results from the statistical analysis of the customizable MK-3 encryption scheme, focusing on field customized mixers. We recall the main components of the MK-3 algorithm and overview a subset of available factory and field customizations for MK-3. We test the main instances of the field customized versions and give a general argument for their desired statistical properties expected from an encryption scheme.
Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit
11-2022
Document Type
Conference Paper
Department, Program, or Center
Computer Science (GCCIS)
Recommended Citation
P. Bajorski, A. Kaminsky, M. Kurdziel, M. Łukowiak and S. Radziszowski, "Statistical Analysis of the MK-3 Customizable Authenticated Encryption," MILCOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Rockville, MD, USA, 2022, pp. 974-979, doi: 10.1109/MILCOM55135.2022.10017558.
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
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