Linear Cryptanalysis

Linear Cryptanalysis is an #Analytic Attacks approximate the non-linearity with linear equations (finding the linear approximation). This is focus on the S-boxes’ non-linearity.

The mechanic works by approximating S-boxes by linear functions, then iterate over rounds with decreasing probabilities.

It could be used to attack Data Encryption Standard (DES) with \(2^{43}\) known plaintexts.

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