AS/NZS ISO/IEC 18033.

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ISO/IEC 18033-1:2005

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 18033.1:2006

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Australian/New Zealand Standard

Information technologySecurity techniquesEncryption algorithms Part 1: General

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 18033.1:2006 This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical Committee IT-012, Information Systems, Security and Identification. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 31 March 2006 and on behalf of the Council of Standards New Zealand on 16 June 2006. This Standard was published on 10 July 2006.

The following are represented on Committee IT-012: Attorney Generals Department Australia Post Australian Association of Permanent Building Societies Australian Bankers Association Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association Australian Information Industry Association Certification Forum of Australia Consumers Federation of Australia Department of Defence (Australia) Department of Social Welfare New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau, New Zealand Internet Industry Association NSW Police Service New Zealand Defence Force Reserve Bank of Australia

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 06038.

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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee IT-012, Information Systems, Security and Identification. This Standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC 18033-1:2005, Information technologySecurity techniquesEncryption algorithmsPart 1: General. The objective of this Standard is to provide the Information Security programming and development community with clear guidance to the selection and implementation of appropriate encryption algorithms. This Standard is Part 1 of AS/NZS ISO/IEC 18033, Information technologySecurity techniquesEncryption algorithms, which, when complete, will consist of the following:
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Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4:

General (this Standard) Asymmetric ciphers Block ciphers Stream ciphers

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Page Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................ iv Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ v 1 2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.3 5 Scope...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Terms and definitions........................................................................................................................... 1 The nature of encryption ...................................................................................................................... 4 The purpose of encryption................................................................................................................... 4 Symmetric and asymmetric ciphers ................................................................................................... 4 Key management .................................................................................................................................. 5 The use and properties of encryption................................................................................................. 5 Asymmetric ciphers.............................................................................................................................. 5 Block ciphers......................................................................................................................................... 5 Modes of operation ............................................................................................................................... 5 Message Authentication Codes (MACs) ............................................................................................. 6 Stream ciphers ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Object identifiers................................................................................................................................... 6

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Annex A (informative) Criteria for inclusion of ciphers in ISO/IEC 18033 ..................................................... 7 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 8

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Introduction
ISO/IEC 18033 is a multi-part International Standard that specifies encryption systems (ciphers) for the purpose of data confidentiality. The inclusion of ciphers in ISO/IEC 18033 is intended to promote their use as reflecting the current state of the art in encryption techniques. The primary purpose of encryption (or encipherment) techniques is to protect the confidentiality of stored or transmitted data. An encryption algorithm is applied to data (often called plaintext or cleartext) to yield encrypted data (or ciphertext); this process is known as encryption. The encryption algorithm should be designed so that the ciphertext yields no information about the plaintext except, perhaps, its length. Associated with every encryption algorithm is a corresponding decryption algorithm, which transforms ciphertext back into its original plaintext. Ciphers work in association with a key. In a symmetric cipher, the same key is used in both the encryption and decryption algorithms. In an asymmetric cipher, different but related keys are used for encryption and decryption. ISO/IEC 18033-2 is devoted to asymmetric ciphers. ISO/IEC 18033-3 and ISO/IEC 18033-4 are devoted to two different classes of symmetric ciphers, known as block ciphers and stream ciphers.

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Scope

This part of ISO/IEC 18033 is general in nature, and provides definitions that apply in subsequent parts of ISO/IEC 18033. The nature of encryption is introduced, and certain general aspects of its use and properties are described. The criteria used to select the algorithms specified in subsequent parts of ISO/IEC 18033 are defined in Annex A.

Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 2.1 asymmetric cipher alternative term for asymmetric encryption system. 2.2 asymmetric cryptographic technique cryptographic technique that uses two related transformations, a public transformation (defined by the public key) and a private transformation (defined by the private key). The two transformations have the property that, given the public transformation, it is computationally infeasible to derive the private transformation [ISO/IEC 11770-1:1996]. 2.3 asymmetric encipherment system alternative term for asymmetric encryption system. 2.4 asymmetric encryption system system based on asymmetric cryptographic techniques whose public transformation is used for encryption and whose private transformation is used for decryption [ISO/IEC 9798-1:1997]. 2.5 asymmetric key pair pair of related keys where the private key defines the private transformation and the public key defines the public transformation [ISO/IEC 9798-1:1997]. 2.6 block string of bits of a defined length.

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