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Critical Evaluation of SIMON and SPECK BLOCK Cipher for Different Modes of Operation

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Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICACIS 2022)

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A secure, lightweight block cipher provides a comprehensive security solution for applications that run on resource-constrained devices. The Simon and Speck are lightweight block ciphers developed especially for restricted hardware to offer data security. Raspberry Pi is a resource-constraint device employed in various projects, including the creation of gadgets, games, monitoring and surveillance technologies, basic automated machines, robotics, etc. This chapter examines the performance of SIMON and SPECK families on a Raspberry Pi device to see how efficient and fast these algorithms work for different modes of operation. As the objective of designing SIMON and SPECK was to ensure security on very restricted devices, the security strength of SIMON and SPECK families are also explored in different modes of operation. The simulated results of the Raspberry Pi device demonstrate that SPECK performed faster in encryption time and provides a high level of throughput and efficiency compared to SIMON families in all modes of operation. On the other hand, SIMON families performed better in terms of security strength than SPECK families. Therefore, this study can be applied to determine the appropriate performance and security trade-off in contexts with limited resources.

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  1. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal, 121102, Haryana, India

    Monika Jangra

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    Swechchha Gupta & Buddha Singh

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  2. Systems Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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  3. The Neotia University, Sarisha, India

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Jangra, M., Gupta, S., Singh, B. (2023). Critical Evaluation of SIMON and SPECK BLOCK Cipher for Different Modes of Operation. In: Shaw, R.N., Paprzycki, M., Ghosh, A. (eds) Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems. ICACIS 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1749. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25088-0_17

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