In the paper a usual block design with treatment effects fixed and block effects random is considered. To compare experimental design the asymptotic covariance matrix of a robust estimator proposed by Bednarski and Zontek (1996) for simultaneous estimation of shift and scale parameters is used. Asymptotically Aand Doptimal block designs in the class of designs with bounded block sizes are chara...

In this paper, we examine a class of block ciphers referred to as substitutionpermutation networks or SPNs. We assert that the basic SPN architecture can be used to provide an efficient implementation of a secure block cipher if the system S-boxes are carefully selected and connected with an appropriate linear transformation. Specifically, it is shown that S-boxes which possess good diffusion a...

In this paper, we discuss some of theory of provable security against differential and linear cryptanalysis. We also review the design principles of the block cipher KASUMI—especially its resistance against the basic forms of linear and differential cryptanalysis.