Polymorphic One-Time Pad Matrix for Dynamic Cipher Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern digital computer systems are vulnerable to attacks that disrupt communications, alter or access data, or issue false commands, leading to potential service outages or damage, and existing encryption methods are not adequately secure as they rely on large and complex keys that can be broken with faster hardware.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a polymorphic cipher engine, such as the CipherLoc Polymorphic One Time Pad Matrix, which rapidly changes encryption methods and keys, using a pool of certified ciphers and keys, ensuring that even if one section of the cipher is broken, the next section requires the same effort to decrypt, and the speed of encryption increases with hardware advancements, making it more secure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional encryption methods with large and complex keys are used, then security is provided, but the encryption can be broken with faster hardware and requires more memory
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic key generation where the encryption key changes continuously based on the message content being encrypted. Instead of using static large keys, the system generates keys on-the-fly using a polynomial function of the message bytes, making the encryption adaptive and resistant to traditional brute-force attacks while maintaining efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the encryption parameters dynamically by deriving keys from the message content itself rather than using fixed external keys. This parameter change approach ensures that each message encryption uses a unique key derived from its own content, eliminating the need for large pre-shared key repositories
2Reliability
If polymorphic cipher changes occur frequently to maintain security, then security against replay attacks improves, but the encryption speed must keep pace with the unicity distance
Solution Approach 1:
The encryption system is self-sufficient by generating its own keys from the message content without requiring external key distribution or management infrastructure. This self-service approach eliminates bottlenecks in key management and allows the encryption speed to scale directly with hardware capabilities while maintaining security
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary key derivation from the message content before encryption occurs. By pre-computing the key from the message bytes using polynomial functions, the system prepares the encryption parameters in advance, enabling fast encryption execution without delaying the polymorphic key changes
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AI summary
The present invention provides a simple and efficient cipher and key generation and selection capability from a predetermined, randomly changing, fixed size matrix (N) of ciphers and keys resulting in a very high-order approximation (Nr,cāā) of a true One Time Pad for encryption solutions such as the CipherLoc Polymorphic Key Progression Algorithmic Cipher Engine. The ciphers are randomly selected from a pool of user supplied ciphers, FIPS 140-2 or other certified ciphers and the keys are produced from various methods for generating a key that includes reading a data stream from a network or a Cryptographic Pseudo Random Number Generator (CPRNG)/Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) or a Predetermined Cryptographic Key Generator (PCKG) or any combination of all. Ciphers and generated keys are randomly paired and stored in a volatile matrix for use by an encryption solution. When used with the CipherLoc Polymorphic Key Progression Algorithmic (PKPA) Cipher Engine, the OTP Matrix is a method of accomplishing the generation of the key and the selection and association of a suitable cipher with that key, for each sub-message, such that not only key space and equivalent keys (isomorphs) become important, but, the number of keys are also important, thus increasing the effective size of the key space in each sub-message.