Improving bounds on probabilistic affine tests to estimate the nonlinearity of Boolean functions

被引:3
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作者
Salagean, Ana [1 ]
Stanica, Pantelimon [2 ]
机构
[1] Loughborough Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Loughborough, Leics, England
[2] Naval Postgrad Sch, Appl Math Dept, Monterey, CA 93943 USA
来源
CRYPTOGRAPHY AND COMMUNICATIONS-DISCRETE-STRUCTURES BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS AND SEQUENCES | 2022年 / 14卷 / 02期
关键词
Nonlinearity; Walsh transform; Probabilistic testing; Nonhomomorphicity; CUBE ATTACKS;
D O I
10.1007/s12095-021-00529-4
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
In this paper we want to estimate the nonlinearity of Boolean functions, by probabilistic methods, when it is computationally very expensive, or perhaps not feasible to compute the full Walsh transform (which is the case for almost all functions in a larger number of variables, say more than 30). Firstly, we significantly improve upon the bounds of Zhang and Zheng (1999) on the probabilities of failure of affinity tests based on nonhomomorphicity, in particular, we prove a new lower bound that we have previously conjectured. This new lower bound generalizes the one of Bellare et al. (IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 42(6), 1781-1795 1996) to nonhomomorphicity tests of arbitrary order. Secondly, we prove bounds on the probability of failure of a proposed affinity test that uses the BLR linearity test. All these bounds are expressed in terms of the function's nonlinearity, and we exploit that to provide probabilistic methods for estimating the nonlinearity based upon these affinity tests. We analyze our estimates and conclude that they have reasonably good accuracy, particularly so when the nonlinearity is low.
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页数:23
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