IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/chsofr/v25y2005i1p109-120.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Breaking a chaos-based secure communication scheme designed by an improved modulation method

Author

Listed:
  • Li, Shujun
  • Álvarez, Gonzalo
  • Chen, Guanrong

Abstract

Recently Bu and Wang [Bu S, Wang B-H. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2004;19(4):919–24] proposed a simple modulation method aiming to improve the security of chaos-based secure communications against return-map-based attacks. Soon this modulation method was independently cryptanalyzed by Chee et al. [Chee CY, Xu D, Bishop SR. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2004;21(5):1129–34], Wu et al. [Wu X, Hu H, Zhang B. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2004;22(2):367–73], and Álvarez et al. [Álvarez G, Montoya F, Romera M, Pastor G. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, in press, arXiv:nlin/0406065] via different attacks. As an enhancement to the Bu–Wang method, an improving scheme was suggested by Wu et al. by removing the relationship between the modulating function and the zero-points. The present paper points out that the improved scheme proposed by Wu et al. is still insecure against a new attack. Compared with the existing attacks, the proposed attack is more powerful and can also break the original Bu–Wang scheme. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the security of the modulation-based schemes proposed by Wu et al. is not so satisfactory from a pure cryptographical point of view. The synchronization performance of this class of modulation-based schemes is also discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Li, Shujun & Álvarez, Gonzalo & Chen, Guanrong, 2005. "Breaking a chaos-based secure communication scheme designed by an improved modulation method," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 109-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:chsofr:v:25:y:2005:i:1:p:109-120
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2004.09.077
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960077904006423
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.chaos.2004.09.077?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Álvarez, G. & Montoya, F. & Romera, M. & Pastor, G., 2005. "Cryptanalyzing an improved security modulated chaotic encryption scheme using ciphertext absolute value," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 1749-1756.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Li, Ping & Li, Zhong & Halang, Wolfgang A. & Chen, Guanrong, 2007. "A stream cipher based on a spatiotemporal chaotic system," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 32(5), pages 1867-1876.
    2. Arroyo, David & Li, Chengqing & Li, Shujun & Alvarez, Gonzalo, 2009. "Cryptanalysis of a computer cryptography scheme based on a filter bank," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 410-413.
    3. Zheng, G. & Boutat, D. & Floquet, T. & Barbot, J.P., 2009. "Secure communication based on multi-input multi-output chaotic system with large message amplitude," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 1510-1517.
    4. Qi, Guoyuan & Chen, Guanrong & van Wyk, Michaël Antonie & van Wyk, Barend Jacobus & Zhang, Yuhui, 2008. "A four-wing chaotic attractor generated from a new 3-D quadratic autonomous system," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 705-721.
    5. Qi, Guoyuan & Chen, Guanrong & Zhang, Yuhui, 2008. "On a new asymmetric chaotic system," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 37(2), pages 409-423.
    6. Tutueva, Aleksandra V. & Moysis, Lazaros & Rybin, Vyacheslav G. & Kopets, Ekaterina E. & Volos, Christos & Butusov, Denis N., 2022. "Fast synchronization of symmetric Hénon maps using adaptive symmetry control," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
    7. Zaher, Ashraf A., 2009. "An improved chaos-based secure communication technique using a novel encryption function with an embedded cipher key," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 2804-2814.
    8. Qi, Guoyuan & van Wyk, Barend Jacobus & van Wyk, Michaël Antonie, 2009. "A four-wing attractor and its analysis," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 40(4), pages 2016-2030.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Yang, Jiyun & Liao, Xiaofeng & Yu, Wenwu & Wong, Kwok-wo & Wei, Jun, 2009. "Cryptanalysis of a cryptographic scheme based on delayed chaotic neural networks," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 821-825.
    2. Zaher, Ashraf A., 2009. "An improved chaos-based secure communication technique using a novel encryption function with an embedded cipher key," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 42(5), pages 2804-2814.
    3. Han, S. & Chang, E. & Dillon, T. & Hwang, M. & Lee, C., 2009. "Identifying attributes and insecurity of a public-channel key exchange protocol using chaos synchronization," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 40(5), pages 2569-2575.
    4. Gao, Haojiang & Zhang, Yisheng & Liang, Shuyun & Li, Dequn, 2006. "A new chaotic algorithm for image encryption," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 393-399.
    5. Hoang, Thang Manh & Nakagawa, Masahiro, 2008. "A secure communication system using projective-lag and/or projective-anticipating synchronizations of coupled multidelay feedback systems," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 38(5), pages 1423-1438.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:chsofr:v:25:y:2005:i:1:p:109-120. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Thayer, Thomas R. (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/chaos-solitons-and-fractals .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.