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46-417: The cipher is based on a combination of four linear-feedback shift registers with irregular clocking and a non-linear combiner. In 1999, Ian Goldberg and David A. Wagner cryptanalyzed A5/2 in the same month it was reverse engineered, and showed that it was extremely weak – so much so that low end equipment can probably break it in real time. In 2003, Elad Barkan, Eli Biham and Nathan Keller presented

92-454: A clock divider or as a counter when a non-binary sequence is acceptable, as is often the case where computer index or framing locations need to be machine-readable. LFSR counters have simpler feedback logic than natural binary counters or Gray-code counters , and therefore can operate at higher clock rates. However, it is necessary to ensure that the LFSR never enters a lockup state (all zeros for

138-430: A cyclic redundancy check , used to provide a quick check against transmission errors, are closely related to those of an LFSR. In general, the arithmetics behind LFSRs makes them very elegant as an object to study and implement. One can produce relatively complex logics with simple building blocks. However, other methods, that are less elegant but perform better, should be considered as well. The bit positions that affect

184-450: A linear-feedback shift register ( LFSR ) is a shift register whose input bit is a linear function of its previous state. The most commonly used linear function of single bits is exclusive-or (XOR). Thus, an LFSR is most often a shift register whose input bit is driven by the XOR of some bits of the overall shift register value. The initial value of the LFSR is called the seed, and because

230-664: A q -ary value, which is constant for each specific tap point. Note that this is also a generalization of the binary case, where the feedback is multiplied by either 0 (no feedback, i.e., no tap) or 1 (feedback is present). Given an appropriate tap configuration, such LFSRs can be used to generate Galois fields for arbitrary prime values of q . As shown by George Marsaglia and further analysed by Richard P. Brent , linear feedback shift registers can be implemented using XOR and Shift operations. This approach lends itself to fast execution in software because these operations typically map efficiently into modern processor instructions. Below

276-467: A 4-bit parallel input. The input of the first flip-flop is XOR/XNORd with parallel input bit zero and the "taps". Every other flip-flop input is XOR/XNORd with the preceding flip-flop output and the corresponding parallel input bit. Consequently, the next state of the MISR depends on the last several states opposed to just the current state. Therefore, a MISR will always generate the same golden signature given that

322-420: A XOR based LFSR, and all ones for a XNOR based LFSR), for example by presetting it at start-up to any other state in the sequence. It is possible to count up and down with a LFSR. LFSR have also been used as a Program Counter for CPUs , this requires that the program itself is "scrambled" and it done to save on gates when they are a premium (using fewer gates than an adder) and for speed (as a LFSR does not require

368-588: A ciphertext-only attack based on the error correcting codes used in GSM communication. They also demonstrated a vulnerability in the GSM protocols that allows a man-in-the-middle attack to work whenever the mobile phone supports A5/2, regardless of whether it was actually being used. Since July 1, 2006, the GSMA (GSM Association) mandated that GSM Mobile Phones will not support the A5/2 Cipher any longer, due to its weakness, and

414-601: A long carry chain). The table of primitive polynomials shows how LFSRs can be arranged in Fibonacci or Galois form to give maximal periods. One can obtain any other period by adding to an LFSR that has a longer period some logic that shortens the sequence by skipping some states. LFSRs have long been used as pseudo-random number generators for use in stream ciphers , due to the ease of construction from simple electromechanical or electronic circuits , long periods , and very uniformly distributed output streams. However, an LFSR

460-493: A root α in GF( p ) such that { 0 , 1 , α , α 2 , α 3 , … α p m − 2 } {\displaystyle \{0,1,\alpha ,\alpha ^{2},\alpha ^{3},\ldots \alpha ^{p^{m}-2}\}} is the entire field GF( p ) . This implies that α is a primitive ( p − 1 )-root of unity in GF( p ) . Over GF(3)

506-562: A strong relationship to linear congruential generators . LFSRs are used in circuit testing for test-pattern generation (for exhaustive testing, pseudo-random testing or pseudo-exhaustive testing) and for signature analysis. Complete LFSR are commonly used as pattern generators for exhaustive testing, since they cover all possible inputs for an n -input circuit. Maximal-length LFSRs and weighted LFSRs are widely used as pseudo-random test-pattern generators for pseudo-random test applications. In built-in self-test (BIST) techniques, storing all

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552-607: A suitable initialisation, the top coefficient of the column vector : gives the term a k of the original sequence. These forms generalize naturally to arbitrary fields. The following table lists examples of maximal-length feedback polynomials ( primitive polynomials ) for shift-register lengths up to 24. The formalism for maximum-length LFSRs was developed by Solomon W. Golomb in his 1967 book. The number of different primitive polynomials grows exponentially with shift-register length and can be calculated exactly using Euler's totient function (sequence A011260 in

598-469: Is x + 2 x + 1 . Denoting one of its roots by γ , the algebraically conjugate elements are γ and γ . The other primitive polynomials are associated with algebraically conjugate sets built on other primitive elements γ with r relatively prime to 26: Primitive polynomials can be used to represent the elements of a finite field . If α in GF( p ) is a root of a primitive polynomial F ( x ), then

644-403: Is a C code example for a 16-bit maximal-period Xorshift LFSR using the 7,9,13 triplet from John Metcalf: Binary LFSRs of both Fibonacci and Galois configurations can be expressed as linear functions using matrices in F 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {F} _{2}} (see GF(2) ). Using the companion matrix of the characteristic polynomial of the LFSR and denoting

690-512: Is a C code example for the 16-bit maximal-period Galois LFSR example in the figure: The branch if ( lsb ) lfsr ^= 0xB400u ; can also be written as lfsr ^= ( - lsb ) & 0xB400u ; which may produce more efficient code on some compilers. In addition, the left-shifting variant may produce even better code, as the msb is the carry from the addition of lfsr to itself. State and resulting bits can also be combined and computed in parallel. The following function calculates

736-563: Is a Mersenne prime , a polynomial of degree r is primitive if and only if it is irreducible. (Given an irreducible polynomial, it is not primitive only if the period of x is a non-trivial factor of 2 − 1 . Primes have no non-trivial factors.) Although the Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator does not use a trinomial, it does take advantage of this. Richard Brent has been tabulating primitive trinomials of this form, such as x + x + 1 . This can be used to create

782-484: Is a linear system, leading to fairly easy cryptanalysis . For example, given a stretch of known plaintext and corresponding ciphertext , an attacker can intercept and recover a stretch of LFSR output stream used in the system described, and from that stretch of the output stream can construct an LFSR of minimal size that simulates the intended receiver by using the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm . This LFSR can then be fed

828-422: Is accomplished with a multiple-input signature register (MISR or MSR), which is a type of LFSR. A standard LFSR has a single XOR or XNOR gate, where the input of the gate is connected to several "taps" and the output is connected to the input of the first flip-flop. A MISR has the same structure, but the input to every flip-flop is fed through an XOR/XNOR gate. For example, a 4-bit MISR has a 4-bit parallel output and

874-481: Is also known as modular , internal XORs , or one-to-many LFSR , is an alternate structure that can generate the same output stream as a conventional LFSR (but offset in time). In the Galois configuration, when the system is clocked, bits that are not taps are shifted one position to the right unchanged. The taps, on the other hand, are XORed with the output bit before they are stored in the next position. The new output bit

920-521: Is also known as standard , many-to-one or external XOR gates . The alternative Galois configuration is described in the next section. A sample python implementation of a similar (16 bit taps at [16,15,13,4]) Fibonacci LFSR would be Where a register of 16 bits is used and the xor tap at the fourth, 13th, 15th and sixteenth bit establishes a maximum sequence length. Named after the French mathematician Évariste Galois , an LFSR in Galois configuration, which

966-724: Is called direct-sequence spread spectrum ; when used to distinguish several signals transmitted in the same channel at the same time and frequency, it is called code-division multiple access . Neither scheme should be confused with encryption or encipherment ; scrambling and spreading with LFSRs do not protect the information from eavesdropping. They are instead used to produce equivalent streams that possess convenient engineering properties to allow robust and efficient modulation and demodulation. Digital broadcasting systems that use linear-feedback registers: Other digital communications systems using LFSRs: LFSRs are also used in radio jamming systems to generate pseudo-random noise to raise

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1012-422: Is the next input bit. The effect of this is that when the output bit is zero, all the bits in the register shift to the right unchanged, and the input bit becomes zero. When the output bit is one, the bits in the tap positions all flip (if they are 0, they become 1, and if they are 1, they become 0), and then the entire register is shifted to the right and the input bit becomes 1. To generate the same output stream,

1058-686: The OEIS ). Xilinx published an extended list of tap counters up to 168 bit. Tables of maximum length polynomials are available from http://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/lfsr/ and can be generated by the https://github.com/hayguen/mlpolygen project. LFSRs can be implemented in hardware, and this makes them useful in applications that require very fast generation of a pseudo-random sequence, such as direct-sequence spread spectrum radio. LFSRs have also been used for generating an approximation of white noise in various programmable sound generators . The repeating sequence of states of an LFSR allows it to be used as

1104-456: The LFSR-generated bit sequence is called chipping code . The chipping code is combined with the data using exclusive or before transmitting using binary phase-shift keying or a similar modulation method. The resulting signal has a higher bandwidth than the data, and therefore this is a method of spread-spectrum communication. When used only for the spread-spectrum property, this technique

1150-431: The circuit outputs on chip is not possible, but the circuit output can be compressed to form a signature that will later be compared to the golden signature (of the good circuit) to detect faults. Since this compression is lossy, there is always a possibility that a faulty output also generates the same signature as the golden signature and the faults cannot be detected. This condition is called error masking or aliasing. BIST

1196-482: The fact that A5/1 is deemed mandatory by the 3GPP association. In July 2007, the 3GPP has approved a change request to prohibit the implementation of A5/2 in any new mobile phones, stating: "It is mandatory for A5/1 and non encrypted mode to be implemented in mobile stations. It is prohibited to implement A5/2 in mobile stations." If the network does not support A5/1 then an unencrypted connection can be used. Linear-feedback shift register In computing ,

1242-414: The field with two elements, can be used for pseudorandom bit generation . In fact, every linear-feedback shift register with maximum cycle length (which is 2 − 1 , where n is the length of the linear-feedback shift register) may be built from a primitive polynomial. In general, for a primitive polynomial of degree m over GF(2), this process will generate 2 − 1 pseudo-random bits before repeating

1288-703: The four primitive roots in GF(3 ) are α , α = 2 α + 1 , α = 2 α , and α = α + 2 . The primitive roots α and α are algebraically conjugate. Indeed x + 2 x + 2 = ( x − α ) ( x − (2 α + 1)) . The remaining primitive roots α and α = ( α ) are also algebraically conjugate and produce the second primitive polynomial: x + x + 2 = ( x − 2 α ) ( x − ( α + 2)) . For degree 3, GF(3 ) has φ (3 − 1) = φ (26) = 12 primitive elements. As each primitive polynomial of degree 3 has three roots, all necessarily primitive, there are 12 / 3 = 4 primitive polynomials of degree 3. One primitive polynomial

1334-558: The input sequence is the same every time. Recent applications are proposing set-reset flip-flops as "taps" of the LFSR. This allows the BIST system to optimise storage, since set-reset flip-flops can save the initial seed to generate the whole stream of bits from the LFSR. Nevertheless, this requires changes in the architecture of BIST, is an option for specific applications. To prevent short repeating sequences (e.g., runs of 0s or 1s) from forming spectral lines that may complicate symbol tracking at

1380-586: The intercepted stretch of output stream to recover the remaining plaintext. Three general methods are employed to reduce this problem in LFSR-based stream ciphers: Important LFSR-based stream ciphers include A5/1 and A5/2 , used in GSM cell phones, E0 , used in Bluetooth , and the shrinking generator . The A5/2 cipher has been broken and both A5/1 and E0 have serious weaknesses. The linear feedback shift register has

1426-458: The left. The first and last bits are always connected as an input and output tap respectively. The LFSR is maximal-length if and only if the corresponding feedback polynomial is primitive over the Galois field GF(2). This means that the following conditions are necessary (but not sufficient): Tables of primitive polynomials from which maximum-length LFSRs can be constructed are given below and in

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1472-447: The message bitstring, up to a distance of 2 − 1 for a degree n primitive polynomial. A useful class of primitive polynomials is the primitive trinomials, those having only three nonzero terms: x + x + 1 . Their simplicity makes for particularly small and fast linear-feedback shift registers . A number of results give techniques for locating and testing primitiveness of trinomials. For polynomials over GF(2), where 2 − 1

1518-424: The next 64 bits using 63-bit polynomial x⁶³ + x⁶² + 1: Binary Galois LFSRs like the ones shown above can be generalized to any q -ary alphabet {0, 1, ..., q  − 1} (e.g., for binary, q = 2, and the alphabet is simply {0, 1}). In this case, the exclusive-or component is generalized to addition modulo - q (note that XOR is addition modulo 2), and the feedback bit (output bit) is multiplied (modulo- q ) by

1564-416: The next state are called the taps . In the diagram the taps are [16,14,13,11]. The rightmost bit of the LFSR is called the output bit, which is always also a tap. To obtain the next state, the tap bits are XOR-ed sequentially; then, all bits are shifted one place to the right, with the rightmost bit being discarded, and that result of XOR-ing the tap bits is fed back into the now-vacant leftmost bit. To obtain

1610-415: The noise floor of a target communication system. Primitive polynomial (field theory) In finite field theory , a branch of mathematics , a primitive polynomial is the minimal polynomial of a primitive element of the finite field GF( p ) . This means that a polynomial F ( X ) of degree m with coefficients in GF( p ) = Z / p Z is a primitive polynomial if it is monic and has

1656-527: The nonzero elements of GF( p ) are represented as successive powers of α : This allows an economical representation in a computer of the nonzero elements of the finite field, by representing an element by the corresponding exponent of α . {\displaystyle \alpha .} This representation makes multiplication easy, as it corresponds to addition of exponents modulo p m − 1. {\displaystyle p^{m}-1.} Primitive polynomials over GF(2),

1702-634: The operation of the register is deterministic, the stream of values produced by the register is completely determined by its current (or previous) state. Likewise, because the register has a finite number of possible states, it must eventually enter a repeating cycle. However, an LFSR with a well-chosen feedback function can produce a sequence of bits that appears random and has a very long cycle . Applications of LFSRs include generating pseudo-random numbers , pseudo-noise sequences , fast digital counters, and whitening sequences . Both hardware and software implementations of LFSRs are common. The mathematics of

1748-432: The order of the taps is the counterpart (see above) of the order for the conventional LFSR, otherwise the stream will be in reverse. Note that the internal state of the LFSR is not necessarily the same. The Galois register shown has the same output stream as the Fibonacci register in the first section. A time offset exists between the streams, so a different startpoint will be needed to get the same output each cycle. Below

1794-408: The polynomial x + 1 is irreducible but not primitive because it divides x − 1 : its roots generate a cyclic group of order 4, while the multiplicative group of GF(3 ) is a cyclic group of order 8. The polynomial x + 2 x + 2 , on the other hand, is primitive. Denote one of its roots by α . Then, because the natural numbers less than and relatively prime to 3 − 1 = 8 are 1, 3, 5, and 7,

1840-428: The polynomial must be 1s or 0s. This is called the feedback polynomial or reciprocal characteristic polynomial. For example, if the taps are at the 16th, 14th, 13th and 11th bits (as shown), the feedback polynomial is The "one" in the polynomial does not correspond to a tap – it corresponds to the input to the first bit (i.e. x , which is equivalent to 1). The powers of the terms represent the tapped bits, counting from

1886-414: The pseudorandom output stream, read the rightmost bit after each state transition. The sequence of numbers generated by an LFSR or its XNOR counterpart can be considered a binary numeral system just as valid as Gray code or the natural binary code. The arrangement of taps for feedback in an LFSR can be expressed in finite field arithmetic as a polynomial mod 2. This means that the coefficients of

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1932-416: The receiver or interfere with other transmissions, the data bit sequence is combined with the output of a linear-feedback register before modulation and transmission. This scrambling is removed at the receiver after demodulation. When the LFSR runs at the same bit rate as the transmitted symbol stream, this technique is referred to as scrambling . When the LFSR runs considerably faster than the symbol stream,

1978-404: The references. There can be more than one maximum-length tap sequence for a given LFSR length. Also, once one maximum-length tap sequence has been found, another automatically follows. If the tap sequence in an n -bit LFSR is [ n , A , B , C , 0] , where the 0 corresponds to the x  = 1 term, then the corresponding "mirror" sequence is [ n , n − C , n − B , n − A , 0] . So

2024-444: The same sequence. The cyclic redundancy check (CRC) is an error-detection code that operates by interpreting the message bitstring as the coefficients of a polynomial over GF(2) and dividing it by a fixed generator polynomial also over GF(2); see Mathematics of CRC . Primitive polynomials, or multiples of them, are sometimes a good choice for generator polynomials because they can reliably detect two bit errors that occur far apart in

2070-420: The seed as a column vector ( a 0 , a 1 , … , a n − 1 ) T {\displaystyle (a_{0},a_{1},\dots ,a_{n-1})^{\mathrm {T} }} , the state of the register in Fibonacci configuration after k {\displaystyle k} steps is given by Matrix for the corresponding Galois form is : For

2116-430: The tap sequence [32, 22, 2, 1, 0] has as its counterpart [32, 31, 30, 10, 0] . Both give a maximum-length sequence. An example in C is below: If a fast parity or popcount operation is available, the feedback bit can be computed more efficiently as the dot product of the register with the characteristic polynomial: If a rotation operation is available, the new state can be computed as This LFSR configuration

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