Design and Analysis of Symmetric Encryption Modes of Operation
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 3990
Special Issue Editors
Interests: system security; trusted computing
Interests: IoT security; blockchain; mobile security; NFC/RFID security; authentication; data privacy; cryptology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A symmetric encryption mode of operation refers to the method used to transform data larger than a single block using a cipher's single-block operation. The mode of operation plays a crucial role in providing information confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity. This Special Issue of Symmetry aims to cover various topics related to symmetric encryption modes of operation. These may include, but are not limited to:
- Security evaluation and attacks on operation modes and their variants;
- Application of operation modes or the design of new modes for constructing pseudorandom number generators, hash functions, message authentication codes, cryptographic protocols, and more;
- Application of operation modes or the design of new modes for data encryption in database buffer pools, cloud data encryption, parallel encryption, data security and privacy protection in federated learning, and other related areas;
- Analysis of the misuses of operation modes in security schemes or implementations.
Dr. Fajiang Yu
Prof. Dr. Kuo-Hui Yeh
Dr. Zhangyi Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- symmetric encryption
- operation mode
- information confidentiality
- information authenticity
- information integrity
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