Cryptographic technique that provides fast encryption and decryption and assures integrity of a ciphertext message through use of a message authentication code formed through cipher block chaining of the plaintext message

摘要

A cryptographic technique that not only provides fast and extremely secure encryption and decryption but also assures integrity of a ciphertext message. This technique involves, during message encryption: generating, in response to an incoming plaintext message, an intermediate streamsuch as by chaining the message, wherein a predefined portion of the intermediate stream defines a message authentication code (MAC); inserting an encrypted version of the MAC into a predefined portion of a ciphertext message; and generating, in response to the intermediate stream and the encrypted MAC, a remainder of the ciphertext message such that the remainder exhibits a predefined variation, e.g., a pseudo-random sequence, also contained within the encrypted MAC. Decryption proceeds in essentially a reverse fashion. By extending the sequence across the remainder of the ciphertext, any subsequent change to the ciphertext would likely destroy the continuity of the sequence otherwise residing throughout the remainder of the ciphertext. During decryption, any violation to the integrity of the ciphertext can be readily detected by decrypting the MAC contained in the ciphertext and comparing it, for any discrepancies, against a MAC generated from recovered plaintext.