International Association for Cryptologic Research

# Ph.D. Database

The aim of the IACR Ph.D. database is twofold. On the first hand, we want to offer an overview of Ph.D. already completed in the domain of cryptology. Where possible, this should also include a subject classification, an abstract, and access to the full text. On the second hand, it deals with Ph.D. subjects currently under investigation. This way, we provide a timely map of contemporary research in cryptology. All entries or changes need to be approved by an editor. You can contact them via phds (at) iacr.org.

## Details

At first, we show some theoretical results on solving an important class of equations known as \emph{differential equations of addition} (DEA) that combine modular additions over two different algebraic groups such as GF(2) and GF($2^{32}$). The results include, \bite \item proof of the fact that the satisfiability of an arbitrary set of DEA is in the complexity class \pP,\item deriving all the solutions of an arbitrary set of DEA. \eite Next, we apply these results to attack a practical stream cipher named Helix (designed by Ferguson \emph{et al.}) with both chosen plaintexts and adaptive chosen plaintexts.