{"title":"On the Applicability of the Chi-Square Statistic in the Problem of Determining the Parameters of Block Encryption Algorithms","authors":"V. O. Mironkin, N. A. Yurasov","doi":"10.3103/S0146411625700932","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents the results of practical application of statistical methods for analyzing block encryption algorithms operating in the ECB mode. In particular, in cases of incorrect use of plaintext encryption algorithms, it is shown that it is possible to determine the block size of the encryption algorithm based on the analysis of the chi-square statistics computed from the available ciphertext volume.</p>","PeriodicalId":46238,"journal":{"name":"AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES","volume":"59 8","pages":"1377 - 1386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S0146411625700932","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article presents the results of practical application of statistical methods for analyzing block encryption algorithms operating in the ECB mode. In particular, in cases of incorrect use of plaintext encryption algorithms, it is shown that it is possible to determine the block size of the encryption algorithm based on the analysis of the chi-square statistics computed from the available ciphertext volume.
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Automatic Control and Computer Sciences is a peer reviewed journal that publishes articles on• Control systems, cyber-physical system, real-time systems, robotics, smart sensors, embedded intelligence • Network information technologies, information security, statistical methods of data processing, distributed artificial intelligence, complex systems modeling, knowledge representation, processing and management • Signal and image processing, machine learning, machine perception, computer vision