Differential Biases, c-Differential Uniformity, and Their Relation to Differential Attacks
- Award ID(s):
- 2127742
- PAR ID:
- 10633956
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date Published:
- ISSN:
- 0302-9743
- ISBN:
- 978-3-031-81824-0
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 191 to 212
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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