Research Article

Unveiling the Neutral Difference and Its Automated Search

Table 1

Comparison of our distinguishers with previous ones.

CipherWeak keysTypeRoundProb./Cor.Ref.

SPECK32FullLinear9[11]
DL9[12]
Differential10[13]
Boomerang10[14]
DL10[12]
DL (ND)10[9]
DL11[9]
DL (ND)11[9]
DL (ND)11This work
DL (ND)11This work

LEAFullBoomerang16[15]
DL (ND)16[6]
DL17[6]
DL (ND)17This work

DL = differential-linear distinguishers, DL (ND) = DL distinguishers combined with neutral difference technique, DC = differential characteristic, LC = linear characteristic.