Discovery of bent functions using the Fast Walsh Transform

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === Linear cryptanalysis attacks are a threat against cryptosystems. These attacks can be defended against by using combiner functions composed of highly nonlinear Boolean functions. Bent functions, which have the highest possible nonlinearity,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Dowd, Timothy R.
Other Authors: Butler, Jon T.
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5080