A NOVEL SERPENT ALGORITHM IMPROVEMENT BY THE KEY SCHEDULE INCREASE SECURITY

Abstract

Block encryption algorithms rely on the two most important features of their complexity and ease of use to support security requirements (confidentiality, data integrity, and non-repudiation) to prevent unauthorized users from entering the system and tampering with centralized data, disrupting it or disclosing it. The data encryption and decryption process is done using the (Serpent) algorithm, which is one of the most important of these operations. AES Algorithm Proposals. In this paper, a new proposal is presented to improve and support the confidentiality of data while adhering to the external structure of the standard algorithm, relying on designing a new approach to the key generation function because the sobriety of block cipher relies on the use of a strong and unique key. Where several functions were used (Gost external structure) with a combination of (Shift <<<), (AES -Key Schedule), (MD5)). The results of the proposed method were examined using statistical measures, yielding good results, and overcoming the weakness of the key generation function of the original algorithm, in addition to enhancing the most important cryptographic features “confusion”, “diffusion” and “increased randomness”.