Programmable cellular automata based encryption algorithm

Abstract

In this paper, we present a new encryption algorithm based on the programmable cellular automata (PCA) theory. The cryptosystem is featured by its large key space and high speed due to cellular automatapsilas parallel information processing property. Moreover, the encryption and decryption devices share the identical modules, which give appropriate solutions for implementation of the cryptographic modules in high speed applications. So the scheme could be implemented efficiently in hardware, in reconfigurable hardware structures. The design has been implemented in both: in software using C# programming language and in hardware on a XC3S500E FPGA board using VHDL.