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© 2006 Microchip Technology Inc. DS01044A-page 1
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INTRODUCTION
Currently, there are three data encryption standards
approved for use in the Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS). This application note discusses the
implementation of two of these for PIC24 and
dsPIC30/33 devices: Triple Data Encryption Standard
(TDES) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
TDES ENCRYPTION
Background
The original Data Encryption Standard (DES), a 64-bit
block cipher, was invented in the early 1970s by IBM
®
.
DES uses a 64-bit encryption key: 56 bits for encoding
and decoding, the remainder for parity. It was adopted
by the United States government in 1977 as standard
for encrypting sensitive data. By the mid 1990s, several
public organizations had demonstrated that they were
able to crack a DES code within days.
Triple DES (TDES) is a variant of DES, and is
described in FIPS 46-2 and 46-3. TDES uses three
cycles of DES to extend the key from 56 bits to 112 or
168 bits, depending on the mode of operation. Because
of known weaknesses in the DES algorithm, the actual
security is believed to be on the order of 80 and
112 bits, respectively, for the two different methods.
The use of TDES was suggested by the American gov-
ernment in 1999 for use in all systems, except in legacy
systems, where only DES was available.
There are several different modes of TDES. The most
common involves using two different keys. The data is
encrypted with the first key. That result is then
decrypted with the second key. The data is then finally
encrypted once again with the first key. Other modes of
operation include using three different keys, one for
each of the stages, and encrypting in all rounds instead
of decrypting during the second round. For most new
applications, TDES has been replaced with Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES). AES provides a slightly
higher security level than TDES and is much faster and
smaller in implementation than TDES.
The original DES algorithm is outlined in Figure 1. The
cycle is run 32 times before the ciphertext is valid.
FIGURE 1: ORIGINAL DES ALGORITHM
Authors: David Flowers and
Howard Henry Schlunder
Microchip Technology Inc.
Right Half
Left Half
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Subkey Generator
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Data Encryption Routines for PIC24 and dsPIC
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