Enhancing the Security Level of SHA-1 by Replacing the MD Paradigm

Constructing Secure Hash Functions by Enhancing Merkle-Damgård Construction

Recently multi-block collision attacks (MBCA) were found on the Merkle-Damg̊ard (MD)-structure based hash functions MD5, SHA-0 and SHA-1. In this paper, we introduce a new cryptographic construction called 3C devised by enhancing the MD construction. We show that the 3C construction is at least as secure as the MD construction against single-block and multi-block collision attacks. This is the f...

Secure Bio-Cryptographic Authentication System for Cardless Automated Teller Machines

Security is a vital issue in the usage of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for cash, cashless and many off the counter banking transactions. Weaknesses in the use of ATM machine could not only lead to loss of customer’s data confidentiality and integrity but also breach in the verification of user’s authentication. Several challenges are associated with the use of ATM smart card such as: card clo...

Replacing SHA-2 with SHA-3 Enhances Generic Security of HMAC

Relaxed Differential Fault Analysis of SHA-3

In this paper, we propose a new method of differential fault analysis of SHA-3 which is based on the differential relations of the algorithm. Employing those differential relations in the fault analysis of SHA-3 gives new features to the proposed attacks, e.g., the high probability of fault detection and the possibility of re-checking initial faults and the possibility to recover internal state...

A Design of Cryptographic Hash Function Group with Variable Output-Length Based on SHA-1

The cryptographic hash function provides the services of information security, authentication, integrity, non-reputation in a branch of information secret. A cryptographic hash function has been developed since MD4 was proposed by Rivest. In present, U.S standard of a hash function is SHA-1 with 160 bits of output length. It is difficult to be sure of a security of a hash function with 160 bits...