Unlike the encoding function strip encoding we have used so far, the functionbinary encoding is information-preserving, taking 8-bit ASCII input and returning thebinary encoding string. The inverse function binary decoding recovers the original text.A linear feedback shift register cryptosystem is created in SAGE using the functionLFSRCryptosystem, taking no arguments. A key is defined by means of a pair, consistingof the connection polynomial g(x) over F 2 and a initial bit sequence of length equal to thedegree of the sequence. A sample use of the cryptosystem follows. The shrinking generatorcryptosystem is a cryptosystem based on a pair of LFSR’s as defined in class.sage: F2 = FiniteField(2)sage: P2. = PolynomialRing(F2)sage: g = x^17 + x^5 + 1sage: IS = [ F2.random_element() for i in range(17) ]sage: LFSR = LFSRCryptosystem()sage: PT = LFSR.encoding("The dog ate my assignment."); PT0101010001101000011001010010000001100100011011110110011100100000011000010111010001100101001000000110110101111001001000000110000101110011011100110110100101100111011011100110110101100101011011100111010000101110sage: K = (g,IS)sage: e = LFSR(K)sage: CT = e(PT)sage: PT == e(CT)TrueNote that the encoding of the message is not ciphertext – this is the standard ASCII bitencoding.Exercise 6.7 Consider the coefficient sequence for f(x)/g(x) in F 2 [[x]], where g(x) =1 + x + x 4 and f(x) = 1 + x 3 . Is g(x) an irreducible polynomial? A primitive polynomial?Draw the associated linear feedback shift register. What is the initial state of the shiftregister?Solution. The polynomial x 4 + x + 1 is an irreducible polynomial, which is primitive. TheLFSR with this connection polynomial was given in the previous tutorial. The primitivityfollows since none of the sequences, computed last week, had a period shorter than 15.The initial state corresponding to the polynomial f(x) = x 3 +1 was the second given value1110 of the previous tutorial.Exercise 6.8 Compute the linear complexity of the sequences 11, 1011, 10101, 10110, and10011.119
Solution. The linear complexity of the sequences 11, 1011, 10101, 10110, and 10011 is 1,2, 2, 2, and 3. The initial values follow from extending the sequences with period 1, 3, 2,and 3, with connection polynomials x + 1, x 2 + x + 1, x 2 + 1, and x 2 + x + 1. The thirdsequence can be extended to a sequence with period no better than 4, so it generated byno LFSR of length 2. A possible connection polynomial is x 4 +1 = (x+1) 4 , giving a LFSRof length 4 which generates it. However, the divisor x 3 + x 2 + x + 1 = (x + 1) 3 defines arecursion for a LFSR of length 3. Hence the linear complexity for this sequence is 3.Exercise 6.9 Compute the first 8 terms of the linear complexity profile of the coefficientsequence from Exercise 1.Solution. The first 8 terms of the linear complexity profile for the sequence of the firstquestion are:[1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4].On the other hand, since the sequence is generated by a LFSR of length 4 we know thatthe full infinite sequence becomes constant at 4.Exercise 6.10 Practice encoding and enciphering with the LFSR stream cryptosystem.The function binary decoding easily converts this back to ASCII text. Use these functionsto verify that PT is just the binary encoding of the original plaintext message and that theciphertext is enciphered.Solution. The encoding and decoding member functions associated with a LFSR are justa wrapper around binary encoding and binary decoding:sage: LFSR = LFSRCryptosystem()sage: PT = LFSR.encoding(’The dog ate my assignment.’); PT0101010001101000011001010010000001100100011011110110011100100000011000010111010001100101001000000110110101111001001000000110000101110011011100110110100101100111011011100110110101100101011011100111010000101110sage: LFSR.decoding(PT)’The dog ate my assignment.’We verify using that binary decoding that the binary string also returns the ASCIImessage:sage: PT.binary_decoding()’The dog ate my assignment.’120 Appendix C. Solutions to Exercises
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