Multiple-Layer Image Encryption Utilizing Fractional-Order Chen Hyperchaotic Map and Cryptographically Secure PRNGs
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- 26 March 2023
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Fractal and Fractional
- Vol. 7 (4), 287
- https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7040287
Abstract
Image encryption is increasingly becoming an important area of research in information security and network communications as digital images are widely used in various applications and are vulnerable to various types of attacks. In this research work, a color image cryptosystem that is based on multiple layers is proposed. For every layer, an encryption key and an S-box are generated and utilized. These are based on a four-dimensional (4D) dynamical Chen system of a fractional-order, the Mersenne Twister, OpenSLL, Rule 30 Cellular Automata and Intel’s MKL. The sequential application of Shannon’s ideas of diffusion and confusion three times guarantees a total distortion of any input plain image, thereby, resulting in a totally encrypted one. Apart from the excellent and comparable performance to other state-of-the-art algorithms, showcasing resistance to visual, statistical, entropy, differential, known plaintext and brute-force attacks, the proposed image cryptosystem provides an exceptionally superior performance in two aspects: a vast key space of and an average encryption rate of Mbps. Furthermore, the proposed image cryptosystem is shown to successfully pass all the tests of the NIST SP 800 suite.
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