Open AccessA Review of Faults Attack on Symmetric Key Cipher and Appropriate Counter Measures
Author(s) -
Sadiq Abdulkarim,
Samaila Kasimu Ahmad,
Francis Binord
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
oirl journal of information technology (ojit)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2814-0990
DOI - 10.53944/ojit-2206
Subject(s) - computer security , key (lock) , confidentiality , conversation , government (linguistics) , internet privacy , business , computer science , political science , psychology , communication , linguistics , philosophy
The world is evolving rapidly, industrialization, centralization, civilization, and revolution on the fore-go, the need for the day-to-day activities ranging from the usual informal conversation between family members and relatives, confidential information/data from government repository, teacher to student dialoguing, down to business activities, client-server requests and response etcetera, involves the use of mediums/channels/conduit to aid its feasibility, this supposed non-polar activities always tend to draw/attracts the attention/interest of various other external observers from a different frame of reference, the interest propels the observer into wanting to gain access, upper-arm or control of this activities/resource which in most occasions tend not to be favorable to the two standing parties, hence the need for a secure end-to-end communication regarding also and amidst the presence of the third parties also known synonymously as adversaries. This paper looked into various fault attacks on symmetric-key ciphers and came up with solutions to counteract the attacks.