block-cipher-mode-attacks

A research project in CIS*4520 where I analyzed the robustness of different block cipher modes of operation. Please see the report for more details on my research methodology.

To Start the Program

The user should install Python, pycryptodomex, pandas and the time module before attempting to run the code.

1. Ensure that there is a CSV file in the data folder corresponding to the format of the ’diabetes.csv’ file that I submitted.
2. Then, run the program from the root directory of the project by entering: python src/TestRunner.py
3. Enter a CSV data file name when prompted, for example: diabetes.csv
4. Indicate whether you want to enter a single test (0), or the full test suite (1).

To Run a Single Test

1. Enter a mode of operation to encrypt with (ECB or CBC).
2. Enter a padding length. Note that the data length for one single data value (a 1 or 0) will be equal to 1 byte + the provided padding length (amount of appended spaces).
3. Enter a specific diabetic to conduct the KPA with (to obtain the plaintext, ciphertext pair of).
4. Review the results.

To Run the Test Suite.

1. Enter a specific diabetic to conduct the KPA with (to obtain the plaintext, ciphertext pair of).
2. After the test suite has run, enter a CSV to save the results to.
3. Review the results. The output CSV file will be in the ’results’ folder.