Research Article

A Key Selected S-Box Mechanism and Its Investigation in Modern Block Cipher Design

Table 2

The numbers of disjoint subkey bits involved in the propagation of a single nibble position through 3 and 4 rounds.

PositionNibble
3 rounds4 rounds
Ordinary mechanismKey selected mechanismOrdinary mechanismKey selected mechanism

058668795
159638892
257648693
3587188101
457688797
557628792
657658694
757698698