IACR News item: 05 September 2025
Ritam Bhaumik, Avijit Dutta, Tetsu Iwata, Ashwin Jha, Kazuhiko Minematsu, Mridul Nandi, Yu Sasaki, Meltem Sönmez Turan, Stefano Tessaro
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We consider FB-PRF, one of the key derivation functions defined in NIST SP 800-108 constructed from a pseudorandom function in a feedback mode. The standard allows some flexibility in the specification, and we show that one specific instance of FB-PRF allows an efficient distinguishing attack.
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