Re: A new, fast and "unbreakable" encryption algorithm

From: Åukasz Stelmach
Date: Thu Nov 19 2015 - 07:12:49 EST


It was <2015-11-18 Åro 06:25>, when Ismail Kizir wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've developed a new encryption algorithm, which dynamically changes
> the key according to plaintext and practically impossible to break.
[...]
> I will be glad to see my algorithm included in Linux distributions.
> Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.

How resistant to side-channel attacts is or can be an implementation of
your algorithm? Not being an expert I am a bit worried about this
particular line

XORVal ^= *(Salt + (LastVal&(SALT_SIZE-1)));

which if I understand it correctly makes a memory access depending on
secret data. Because memory accesses are note constant time operations
due to cache one might try (and succeed?) learning about secrets by
measuring time required to encrypt or decrypt data.

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Åukasz Stelmach
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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