Symmetric cryptography
Staff
Address:
Ruhr-University Bochum
Faculty of Computer Science
Symmetric cryptography
Universitätsstr. 150
MC Fach 4
D-44801 Bochum
Room: MC 1.41
Telephone: +49 (0)234 32 28214
Office Hours: By arrangement
Research Interests
- Design and analysis of symmetric cryptographic primitives
- Boolean functions and functions over finite fields
Teaching
- Symmetric Cryptanalysis (videos) Winter 2020/21
- Cryptography (tutor for isits AG, distance learning program) Summer 2020, Winter 2020/21, Summer 2021, Winter 2021/22
- Discrete Mathematics II (exercises) Summer 2015, Summer 2016
- Symmetric Cryptanalysis (exercises) Winter 2015/16, Winter 2016/17
- Number Theory (exercises) Summer 2017
- Seminar Symmetric Cryptography (supervised talks) Winter 2015/16, Summer 2016, Winter 2016/17, Summer 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2021, Winter 2021/22, Summer 2022
- Seminar Number Theory (supervised talks) Winter 2017/18
Awards and Recognition
- SKINNY is selected as an ISO standard (ISO/IEC 18033-7:2022) for tweakable block ciphers
- Best paper award for the article ”Improved differential-linear attacks with applications to ARX ciphers” (CRYPTO 2020, with Gregor Leander and Yosuke Todo)
Program Commitees/Editorial Boards
- 2022: Program commitee member of EUROCRYPT 2023
- 2022: Program commitee member of the 7th International Workshop on Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA) 2022
- 2021: Program committee member of the 12th International Workshop on Coding and Cryptography (WCC 2022)
- 2019-2022: Member of the editorial board of IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology (ToSC)
Other
Journal Publications
[j15] C. Beierle. Generalized almost perfect nonlinear binomials and trinomials over fields of prime-square order. Finite Fields Their Appl., 88: 102185 2023.
[j14] C. Beierle and C. Carlet. Gold functions and switched cube functions are not 0-extendable in dimension n > 5. Des. Codes Cryptogr., 91(2): 433–449, 2023. [j13] C. Beierle, P. Felke, G. Leander, and S. Rønjom. Decomposing linear layers. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2022(4):243–265, 2022. [j12] C. Beierle, M. Broll, F. Canale, N. David, A. Flórez-Gutiérrez, G. Leander, M. Naya-Plasencia, and Y. Todo. Improved differential-linear attacks with applications to ARX ciphers. J. Cryptol., 35: 29, 2022. [j11] C. Beierle, C. Carlet, G. Leander, and L. Perrin. A further study of quadratic APN permutations in dimension nine. Finite Fields Their Appl., 81: 102049, 2022. [j10] C. Beierle, G. Leander, and L. Perrin. Trims and extensions of quadratic APN functions. Des. Codes Cryptogr., 90(4): 1009–1036, 2022. [j09] C. Beierle and G. Leander. New instances of quadratic APN functions. IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 68(1): 670–678, 2022. [j08] C. Beierle, M. Brinkmann, and G. Leander. Linearly self-equivalent APN permutations in small dimension. IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 67(7): 4863–4875, 2021. [j07] C. Beierle and G. Leander. 4-uniform permutations with null nonlinearity. Cryptogr. Commun., 12(6):1133–1141, 2020. [j06] C. Beierle, A. Biryukov, and A. Udovenko. On degree-d zero-zum sets of full rank. Cryptogr. Commun., 12(4):685–710, 2020. [j05] C. Beierle, A. Biryukov, L. C. dos Santos, J. Großschädl, L. Perrin, A. Udovenko, V. Velichkov, and Q. Wang. Lightweight AEAD and hashing using the Sparkle permutation family. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2020(S1):208–261, 2020. [j04] C. Beierle, J. Jean, S. Kölbl, G. Leander, A. Moradi, T. Peyrin, Y. Sasaki, P. Sasdrich, and S. Sim. SKINNY-AEAD and SKINNY-Hash. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2020(S1):88–131, 2020. [j03] C. Beierle, G. Leander, A. Moradi, and S. Rasoolzadeh. CRAFT: lightweight tweakable block cipher with efficient protection against DFA attacks. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2019(1):5–45, 2019. [j02] C. Beierle, A. Canteaut, and G. Leander. Nonlinear approximations in cryptanalysis revisited. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2018(4):80–101, 2018. [j01] G. N. Alfarano, C. Beierle, T. Isobe, S. Kölbl, and G. Leander. ShiftRows alternatives for AES-like ciphers and optimal cell permutations for Midori and Skinny. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2018(2):20–47, 201
[j14] C. Beierle and C. Carlet. Gold functions and switched cube functions are not 0-extendable in dimension n > 5. Des. Codes Cryptogr., 91(2): 433–449, 2023. [j13] C. Beierle, P. Felke, G. Leander, and S. Rønjom. Decomposing linear layers. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2022(4):243–265, 2022. [j12] C. Beierle, M. Broll, F. Canale, N. David, A. Flórez-Gutiérrez, G. Leander, M. Naya-Plasencia, and Y. Todo. Improved differential-linear attacks with applications to ARX ciphers. J. Cryptol., 35: 29, 2022. [j11] C. Beierle, C. Carlet, G. Leander, and L. Perrin. A further study of quadratic APN permutations in dimension nine. Finite Fields Their Appl., 81: 102049, 2022. [j10] C. Beierle, G. Leander, and L. Perrin. Trims and extensions of quadratic APN functions. Des. Codes Cryptogr., 90(4): 1009–1036, 2022. [j09] C. Beierle and G. Leander. New instances of quadratic APN functions. IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 68(1): 670–678, 2022. [j08] C. Beierle, M. Brinkmann, and G. Leander. Linearly self-equivalent APN permutations in small dimension. IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory, 67(7): 4863–4875, 2021. [j07] C. Beierle and G. Leander. 4-uniform permutations with null nonlinearity. Cryptogr. Commun., 12(6):1133–1141, 2020. [j06] C. Beierle, A. Biryukov, and A. Udovenko. On degree-d zero-zum sets of full rank. Cryptogr. Commun., 12(4):685–710, 2020. [j05] C. Beierle, A. Biryukov, L. C. dos Santos, J. Großschädl, L. Perrin, A. Udovenko, V. Velichkov, and Q. Wang. Lightweight AEAD and hashing using the Sparkle permutation family. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2020(S1):208–261, 2020. [j04] C. Beierle, J. Jean, S. Kölbl, G. Leander, A. Moradi, T. Peyrin, Y. Sasaki, P. Sasdrich, and S. Sim. SKINNY-AEAD and SKINNY-Hash. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2020(S1):88–131, 2020. [j03] C. Beierle, G. Leander, A. Moradi, and S. Rasoolzadeh. CRAFT: lightweight tweakable block cipher with efficient protection against DFA attacks. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2019(1):5–45, 2019. [j02] C. Beierle, A. Canteaut, and G. Leander. Nonlinear approximations in cryptanalysis revisited. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2018(4):80–101, 2018. [j01] G. N. Alfarano, C. Beierle, T. Isobe, S. Kölbl, and G. Leander. ShiftRows alternatives for AES-like ciphers and optimal cell permutations for Midori and Skinny. IACR Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., 2018(2):20–47, 201
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (LNCS)
[c10] C. Beierle, P. Felke, G. Leander, P. Neumann, and L. Stennes. On Perfect Linear Approximations and Differentials over Two-Round SPNs. In H. Handschuh and A. Lysyanskaya, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2023, Proceedings, volume 14083 of LNCS, pages 209–239. Springer, Cham, 2023.
[c09] C. Beierle, T. Beyne, P. Felke, and G. Leander. Constructing and Deconstructing Intentional Weaknesses in Symmetric Ciphers. In Y. Dodis and T. Shrimpton, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2022, Proceedings, volume 13509 of LNCS, pages 748–778. Springer, Cham, 2022.
[c08] C. Beierle, P. Derbez, G. Leander, G. Leurent, H. Raddum, Y. Rotella, D. Rupprecht, and L. Stennes. Cryptanalysis of the GPRS encryption algorithms GEA-1 and GEA-2. In A. Canteaut and F. Standaert, editors, Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2021, Proceedings, volume 12697 of LNCS, pages 155–183. Springer, Cham, 2021.
[c07] C. Beierle, G. Leander, and Y. Todo. Improved differential-linear attacks with applications to ARX ciphers. In D. Micciancio and T. Ristenpart, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2020, Part III, volume 12172 of LNCS, pages 329–358. Springer, Cham, 2020.
[c06] C. Beierle, A. Biryukov, L. C. dos Santos, J. Großschädl, L. Perrin, A. Udovenko, V. Velichkov, and Q. Wang. Alzette: a 64-bit ARX-box. In D. Micciancio and T. Ristenpart, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2020, Part III, volume 12172 of LNCS, pages 419–448. Springer, Cham, 2020.
[c05] C. Beierle, A. Canteaut, G. Leander, and Y. Rotella. Proving resistance against invariant attacks: How to choose the round constants. In J. Katz and H. Shacham, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2017, Part II, volume 10402 of LNCS, pages 647–678. Springer, Heidelberg, 2017.
[c04] C. Beierle. Pen and paper arguments for SIMON and SIMON-like designs. In V. Zikas and R. De Prisco, editors, Security and Cryptography for Networks – 10th International Conference, SCN 2016, volume 9841 of LNCS, pages 431–446. Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.
[c03] C. Beierle, J. Jean, S. Kölbl, G. Leander, A. Moradi, T. Peyrin, Y. Sasaki, P. Sasdrich, and S. Sim. The SKINNY family of block ciphers and its low-latency variant MANTIS. In M. Robshaw and J. Katz, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2016, Part II, volume 9815 of LNCS, pages 123–153. Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.
[c02] C. Beierle, T. Kranz, and G. Leander. Lightweight multiplication in GF(2^n) with applications to MDS matrices. In M. Robshaw and J. Katz, editors, Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2016, Part I, volume 9814 of LNCS, pages 625–653. Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.
[c01] C. Beierle, P. Jovanovic, M. M. Lauridsen, G. Leander, and C. Rechberger. Analyzing permutations for AES-like ciphers: Understanding ShiftRows. In K. Nyberg, editor, CT-RSA 2015, volume 9048 of LNCS, pages 37–58. Springer, Heidelberg, 2015.