Patent Publication Number: US-9432181-B2

Title: Device, method, and program for format-preserving encryption, and device, method, and program for decryption

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/JP2013/061972filed Apr. 24, 2013, claiming priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-098403, filed Apr. 24, 2012, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a device, a method, and a program for format-preserving encryption, and a device, a method, and a program for decryption. In particular, the present invention relates to a format-preserving encryption device and the like that is applicable to a case where a message space is a non-binary space or a binary space that is shorter than a block length of a general block cipher. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Almost every company has a large amount of confidential data used in business in a computer system. Such data are important in conducting business and, moreover, must not be leaked outside by any means from a perspective of personal information protection. Therefore, while data encryption is required for a business system to be newly constructed as a matter of course, an existing business system that does not support encryption is also demanded to have an additional function for storing data with encryption. 
     However, in an existing business system, a data format is often determined in advance. For example, a credit card number is one of typical examples of serious personal information with high necessity of protection, for which a data format of “decimal 16 digits” is defined in advance. In an existing business system, data other than the defined format is often treated as an error and not able to be processed. The same goes to a telephone number, a postal code, a bank account number, and the like. 
     Thus, required is an encryption method in which a data format of a plain text matches a data format of a cipher text that is encrypted therefrom. Such an encryption method is referred to as format-preserving encryption. Likewise, a decryption method in which a data format of a cipher text matches a data format of a plain text is referred to as format-preserving decryption. Utilizing the format-preserving encryption/decryption, a data encryption/decryption function can be added to an existing business system with a minimum change to the system. 
     In a general encryption method (block cipher), messages (a plain text and a cipher text) are expressed in binary spaces of the same format. For example, messages of Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), as known encryption methods, are respectively 64 bits and 128 bits. On the contrary, the format-preserving encryption deals with data such as “64-bit or less binary space” and “non-binary space (for example, decimal, or a combination of binary and decimal).” 
     Such a format-preserving encryption is disclosed, for example, in the following technical literature. NPL1 is an article that popularized the name of format-preserving encryption across the world. NPL2 describes Knuth Shuffle, also known as Fisher-Yates Shuffle, as a method of realizing a safe block cipher, in principle, in any message spaces. However, the calculation amount and memory amount are in a linear order to a message space, whereby the amount of processing tends to be vast. Thus, Knuth Shuffle is difficult to be applied to a message space of more than 10,000 in size. 
     NPL3 describes a block cipher that specifically deals with a case where messages are in a decimal space. NPL4 describes attacks to the cipher method of NPL3. 
     NPL5 describes a method of realizing a block cipher in a binary space or non-binary space of n-bit or less using an n-bit block cipher. The method described in NLP5 causes a problem in which the method is efficient and secure when a size of the target message space is slightly smaller than 2n, while either efficiency or security significantly decreases when the size becomes smaller than 2n by a certain amount. 
     In the same way as NPL5, NPL6 also describes a method in which permutation processing called Feistel permutation is realized using a block cipher and encryption is performed by repeating this permutation processing on a plain text for a predetermined number of times. The above-described NPL1 also describes the same method. 
       FIG. 6  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overview of the encryption method described in NPL6.  FIG. 6  illustrates processing for one cycle of permutation processing. Having Xm+1, . . . , Xd, a round counter ctr, an external tweak gt, and the number of digits of a plain text d as input values, an AES encryptor  901  outputs an encrypted value (128 bits) by encrypting the input values by an AES encryption method. A modulo  902  outputs a remainder of division of the output value from the AES encryptor  901  by a^m (m power of a). An adder  903  outputs a value obtained by adding X1, . . . , Xm and the output value from the modulo  902 . Then, after replacing the output from the adder  903  with Xm+1, . . . , Xd, one cycle of the permutation processing completes. This processing is repeated for a predetermined number of times. 
     NPL7 describes a tweakable block cipher that is a block cipher method using an auxiliary parameter called tweak for encryption and decryption. NPL8 and 9 describe block ciphers in a variety of message spaces that are realized utilizing the tweakable block cipher. These methods can guarantee relatively high efficiency and security when the tweakable block cipher is secure. 
     Further, there is also described a method of realizing a tweakable block cipher of n-bit block based on an n-bit block cipher. Therefore, a method of creating a 2n-bit block cipher based on an n-bit block cipher can be obtained from the method described in NPL8, and a method of creating an n+1-bit or more block cipher based on an n-bit block cipher can be obtained from the method described in NPL9. 
     According to the methods described in NPL8 and 9, depending on a parameter, format-preserving encryption can be realized with higher efficiency and security than a method combining Feistel permutation and a block cipher as described in NPL1 and 6. NPL10 to 13 will be described later herein. 
     PTL1 describes a technique for protecting data stored in a database from traffic analysis. PTL2 describes a technique for changing a character set of data stored in a database to obfuscate the data. PTL3 to 4 describe a block encryption method that utilizes an external tweak (an adjustment value), which are patent applications corresponding to the above-described NPL8 and 9. PTL5 describes a technique for performing encryption while maintaining a format of an MPEG4 file. 
     CITATION LIST 
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     SUMMARY OF INVENTION 
     Technical Problem 
     As described above, according to the methods as described in NPL8 and 9 (and PLT3 and 4), it is possible to realize efficient and highly secure format-preserving encryption. However, such methods realize a block size that is larger than n bits using an n-bit block cipher. Therefore, the methods are not applicable to all message spaces. 
     In particular, such methods are inapplicable when a message space is a decimal space, or when a bit size is smaller than n bits (typically, 128 bits in AES). The methods described in NPL5 and 6 are applicable even to a decimal message space, while the methods have a problem in efficiency and security as described above. Other techniques described in PTL1 to 5 and NPL1 to 13 neither solve such a problem. 
     The objective of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a program for format-preserving encryption and a device, a method, and a program for decryption that enable efficient and secure encryption/decryption while maintaining a format such as an input length and a character set, even when the message space is a non-binary space or the message space is a binary space that is shorter than a block length of a general block cipher. 
     Solution to Problem 
     To achieve the above objective, a format-preserving encryption device according to the present invention is a format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in the same data format as the plain text, including: a unit block tweakable encryption unit for encrypting a specific digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; a block permutation unit for permutating respective digits including the encrypted specific digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and an encryption counter update unit for causing processing by the unit block tweakable encryption unit and the block permutation unit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     To achieve the above objective, a format-preserving decryption device according to the present invention is a format-preserving decryption device that decrypts a cipher text that is output from the format-preserving encryption device and outputs a plain text in the same data format as the cipher text, including: a unit block tweakable decryption unit for decrypting a specific digit of the cipher text, which is at the same position as the unit block tweakable encryption unit, by using numerical values of remaining digits excluding the specific digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is the same as the one used by the encryption device and is input concurrently with the cipher text; a block reverse permutation unit for permutating respective digits including the decrypted specific digit of the cipher text per digit based on a reverse rule to the block permutation unit; and a decryption counter update unit for causing processing by the unit block tweakable decryption unit and the block reverse permutation unit to repeat for the same number of times as the encryption counter update unit. 
     To achieve the above objective, of the format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in the same data format as the plain text, a format-preserving encryption method according to the present invention includes: encrypting, by a unit block tweakable encryption unit, a leftmost digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; permutating, by a block permutation unit, remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and the encrypted leftmost digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and, causing, by a counter update unit, processing of the encryption of the leftmost digit of the plain text and the permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     To achieve the above objective, of the format-preserving decryption device that decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text in the same data format as the cipher text, a format-preserving decryption method according to the present invention includes: decrypting, by a unit block tweakable decryption unit, a leftmost digit of the cipher text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the cipher text; reverse permutating, by a block reverse permutation unit, remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the decrypted leftmost digit of the cipher text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and causing, by a counter update unit, processing of the decryption of the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the reverse permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     To achieve the above objective, in the format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in the same data format as the plain text, a format-preserving encryption program according to the present invention causes a computer provided in the format-preserving encryption device to execute procedures of: encrypting a leftmost digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; permutating remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and the encrypted leftmost digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and causing processing of the encryption of the leftmost digit of the plain text and the permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     To achieve the above objective, in the format-preserving decryption device that decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text in the same data format as the cipher text, a format-preserving decryption program according to the present invention causes a computer provided in the format-preserving decryption device to execute procedures of: decrypting a leftmost digit of the cipher text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the cipher text; reverse permutating remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the decrypted leftmost digit of the cipher text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and causing processing of the decryption of the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the reverse permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     As described above, the present invention performs encryption by repeating processing of encrypting a specific digit of a plain text and replacing respective digits, and performs decryption by the reverse processing, thereby enabling efficient and secure encryption/decryption processing regardless of the number of digits and even in other number than binary. 
     As such, the present invention can provide a device, a method, and a program for format-preserving encryption and a device, a method, and a program for decryption that has a superior feature of enabling efficient and secure encryption/decryption while maintaining a format such as an input length and a character set, even when the message space is a non-binary space or the message space is a binary space that is shorter than a block length of a general block cipher. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of an encryption system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a further detailed configuration of a unit block tweakable encryption unit illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram illustrating processing to be performed by a block permutation unit illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an encryption device illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a decryption device illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; and 
         FIG. 6  is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overview of an encryption method described in NPL6. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiments 
     The following will describe a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention based on the accompanying  FIG. 1 . 
     First, basic contents of the exemplary embodiment will be described, then, more specific contents thereof will be described next. A format-preserving encryption device (an encryption device  10 ) according to the exemplary embodiment is an encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in the same data format as the plain text. 
     The encryption device  10  includes a unit block tweakable encryption module  101 , a block permutation module  102 , and an encryption counter update module  103 . The unit block tweakable encryption module  101  encrypts a specific digit of a plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text. The block permutation module  102  permutates the respective digits including the encrypted specific digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule. The encryption counter update module  103  causes processing by the unit block tweakable encryption unit and the block permutation unit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     Further, the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  includes an AES encryptor  101   a , a temporary encryption key generator  101   b , and a block encryptor  101   c . The AES encryptor  101   a  encrypts a numerical value obtained by concatenating remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the plain text and an external tweak using a prestored encryption key, and outputs an output value of a specific number of bits. The temporary encryption key generator  101   b  generates a temporary encryption key using the output value of the AES encryptor. The block encryptor  101   c  encrypts the specific digit of the plain text utilizing the temporary encryption key. 
     The block encryptor  101   c  encrypts the specific digit of the plain text by permutation using Knuth Shuffle. Then, the block permutation module  102  carries remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text by one digit, and moves the leftmost digit to a rightmost position. 
     A format-preserving decryption device (a decryption device  20 ) according to the exemplary embodiment is a decryption device that decrypts the cipher text output from the encryption device  10  and outputs a plain text in the same data format as the cipher text. 
     The decryption device  20  includes a unit block tweakable decryption module  201 , a block reverse permutation module  202 , and a decryption counter update module  203 . The unit block tweakable decryption module  201  decrypts a specific digit of the cipher text, which is at the same position as the unit block tweakable encryption module  101 , using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is the same as the one used by the encryption device and is input concurrently with the cipher text. The block reverse permutation module  202  permutates the respective digits including the decrypted specific digit of the cipher text per digit based on a reverse rule to the block permutation module  102 . The decryption counter update module  203  causes processing by the unit block tweakable decryption unit and the block reverse permutation unit to repeat for the same number of times as the encryption counter update unit. 
     Further, the unit block tweakable decryption module  201  includes an AES decryptor, a temporary decryption key generator, and a block decryptor. The AES decryptor decrypts a numerical value obtained by concatenating remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the cipher text and an external tweak using a prestored decryption key and outputs an output value of a specific number of bits. The temporary decryption key generator generates a temporary decryption key using the output value of the AES decryptor. The block decryptor decrypts the specific digit of the cipher text utilizing the temporary decryption key. 
     Having such a configuration, the encryption device  10  and the decryption device  20  can efficiently and securely perform encryption/decryption while maintaining a format such as an input length and a character set, even when the message space is a non-binary space or the message space is a binary space that is shorter than a block length of a general block cipher. 
     The following will describe further details. 
       FIG. 1  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of the encryption system  1  according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The encryption system  1  is configured by the encryption device  10  and the decryption device  20 . The encryption device  10  encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text. The decryption device  20  decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text. 
     The encryption device  10  includes a configuration as a general computer device. In other words, a client terminal  10  includes a processor  11  as a main unit of executing a computer program, a storage unit  12  that stores data, an input unit  13  (typically, a keyboard and the like) that accepts an operation from a user, and an output unit  14  (typically, a display, a printer, and the like) that presents a processing result to a user. 
     Likewise, the decryption device  20  includes a configuration as a general computer device. That is, the decryption device  20  also includes a processor  21 , a storage unit  22 , an input unit  23 , and an output unit  24 , in the same way as the encryption device  10 . The configuration and operation thereof will be described later herein. 
     (Configuration of Encryption Device) 
     The processor  11  operates as an unit block tweakable encryption module  101 , a block permutation module  102 , and a counter update module  103  respectively, as will be described later herein, by an operation of an encryption program. Further, the storage unit  12  prestores an encryption key  111 . 
     Through the input unit  13 , a d-digit plain text in base a as a target of encryption, an external tweak, and an initial value of a round counter=1 are input. The following Formula 1 is established for a (i) and a message space MSG. In other words, the message space MSG is a d-digit space in base a.
 
 a ( i )= a  for  i= 1, . . . ,  a  
 
 MSG=Z   a(1)   ×Z   a(2)   × . . . ×Z   a(d) =( Z   a ) d   [Formula 1]
 
     The external tweak can be added as necessary by a user. For example, a d-digit binary expression of a plain text, an ID of a private key in use, processing time and date, a serial number of the encryption device  10 , and the like can be used as an external tweak. However, upon decryption of the output cipher text, the external tweak used in the encryption processing needs to be uniquely calculated. Unless such a condition is satisfied, the external tweak is not to be added. 
     The unit block tweakable encryption module  101  encrypts X[1] using, as an input, d-digit X=(X[1], . . . , X[d]) in base a, the external tweak, and the round counter that are input as above. X[1] represents one digit number in base a. When a value of the round counter is the initial value 1, the above X corresponds to a plain text. For encryption of X[1], as indicated in the following Formula 2, an encryption function TE of a tweakable block cipher is used with one digit in base a as a block. M represents a plain text, K represents an encryption key  111 , and T represents a tweak. Spaces that M and C take are both one-digit space in base a.
 
 C=TE ( K,T,M )  [Formula 2]
 
     More specifically, encryption by the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  outputs an output value of (V, X[2], . . . , X[d]) after performing an operation indicated in the following Formula 3, in which the external tweak is defined as gt and the round counter is defined as ctr.
 
 V=TE ( K ,( ctr,gt,X [2], . . . ,  X[d ]), X[ 1])  [Formula 3]
 
     That is, the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  concatenates the output value V, as a result of encrypting X[1] using the external tweak gt, the round counter ctr, and d-1 digits from the right end of the input value (X[2], . . . , X[d]) as a tweak of TE, with (X[2], . . . , X[d]), and outputs the concatenation as an output value. 
     TE can be generally expressed as indicated in the following Formula 4. In Formula 4, KeyGen is a function that generates a temporary key DK using a private key K and (ctr, gt, X[2], . . . , X[d]) as input values. BlockEnc is a function that encrypts X[1] utilizing the temporary key DK.
 
 V =BlockEnc( DK,X[ 1])
 
 DK =KeyGen( K ( ctr,gt,X[ 2], . . . ,  X[d ]))  [Formula 4]
 
(Unit Block Tweakable Encryption Unit Using AES Encryption Method)
 
     The following will consider actual processing of the above-described KeyGen and BlockEnc, when a=10 (that is, decimal) and a sequence obtained by concatenating a round counter, an external tweak, and X[1], . . . , X[d-1] can be expressed by 128 bits or less, using known Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption method. 
       FIG. 2  is an explanatory diagram illustrating a further detailed configuration of the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . The unit block tweakable encryption module  101  is configured by an AES encryptor  101   a , a temporary key generator  101   b , and a block encryptor  101   c . The AES encryptor  101   a  encrypts (csr, gt, X[2], . . . , X[d]) using a key K (encryption key  111 ) by the AES encryption method. The temporary key generator  101   b  generates a temporary key DK using a 128-bit output of the AES encryptor  101   a . The block encryptor  101   c  encrypts X[ 1 ] utilizing the temporary key DK output from the temporary key generator  101   b . The AES encryptor  101   a  and the temporary key generator  101   b  correspond to the above-described KeyGen, while the block encryptor  101   c  corresponds to BlockEnc. 
     KeyGen is a function that generates DK indicated in the following Formula 5 using the 128-bit AES output. However, when i=0, . . . , 9, K10Key [i] is required to be a non-negative integer and almost uniformly distributed in an integer set {0, . . . , 9}. K10Key [0] is always 0.
 
 DK =( K 10Key[0], K 10Key[1], . . . ,  K 10Key[9])  [Formula 5]
 
     Assuming that the 128-bit AES output is a uniform random number, K10Key[i] distributed as above can be generated by processing indicated in the following Formula 6. The 128-bit AES output actually uses the first 64 bits and the last 8 bits of the output, which are respectively defined as B, W. Further, when a and b are both positive integer, a/b is defined as a÷b, the i-th bit of W is defined as W(i); and the i-th to j-th bit sequence is defined as W (i, j). Then, the first operation of Formula 6 to a binary sequence B is a remainder calculation where B is assumed as integers from 0 to 2^64-1. “Bth power of A” is indicated herein as “A^B” in other part than Formulas.
 
 V←B  mod 14175
 
α← W  
 
β i ←(( V  mod 81)mod 3 4−(i−1) )/3 3−(i−1)  for  i= 1,2,3,4
 
γ j ←(( V  mod 25)mod 5 2−(j−1) )/5 1−(j−1)  for  j =1,2
 
δ← V  mod 7
 
 K 10 Key[ 9]←α (1) *5+γ 1  
 
 K 10 Key[ 8]←β 1 *3+β 2  
 
 K 10 Key[ 7]←α (2,4)  
 
 K 10 Key[ 6]←δ
 
 K 10 Key[ 5]←α (5) *3+β 3  
 
 K 10 Key[ 4]←γ 2  
 
 K 10 Key[ 3]←α (6,7)  
 
 K 10 Key[ 2]←β 4  
 
 K 10 Key[ 1]←α (8)  
 
 K 10 Key[ 0]←0  [Formula 6]
 
     In Formula 6, βi corresponds to a ternary expansion of V mod 81, and γj corresponds to a quinary expansion of V mod 25. Considering the above, 14175=(3^4)×(5^2)×7, and Chinese Remainder Theorem, V indicated in the following Formula 7 corresponds to (β1, . . . , β4, γ1, γ2, δ) in one-to-one. Further, since W takes all 28-pattern values, (V, W) and (K10Key[0], K10Key[9]) become one-to-one correspondence.
 
 VεZ   14175 ( Z : Integer set {0, . . . , 1, 14174})
 
     As such, when (V, W) is an uniform random number in an integer set Z indicated in Formula 7, each element of K10Key[i] becomes an independent uniform random number. When AES is a random function, B and W are independent uniform random numbers, thus, the average distance between V and uniform random numbers in the integer set Z is calculated as indicated in the following Formula 8. Therefore, K10Key is close to a uniform random number to the extent of no practical problem.
 
14175/4*2 64 &lt;1/2 51   [Formula 8]
 
     Next, the block encryptor  101   c , that is, the actual processing of BlockEnc, will be considered. BlockEnc realizes a uniform random permutation in Z10=Integer set {0, . . . , 9} using DK=(K10Key[0], . . . , K10Key[9]) that is output from the above-described KeyGen as a key. When xεZ10 is an input and DK=(K10Key[0], . . . , K10Key[9]) is a key, a method called Knuth Shuffle, also known as Fisher-Yates Shuffle (NPL2), indicated in the following Formula 9, can be utilized as BlockEnc.
 
1. Initially set array[0]=0, . . . , array[9]=9
 
2. Define  j=K 10Key[i] where  i= 9, . . . , 1, and exchange values of array[ i ] and array[ j].  
 
3. With input value  xεZ   10 , output  y  where  y =array[ x ] by the obtained array.  [Formula 9]
 
     So far, a method of configuring KeyGen and BlockEnc using AES when a=10 (that is, decimal) has been described. When a is a value other than 10, the processing may be performed by defining DK=(K10Key[0], . . . , K10Key[a-1]), configuring KeyGen so that K10Key[i] is almost uniformly distributed in an integer set {0, . . . , i}, and replacing 9 of Formula 9 with a-1. 
     While KeyGen can be realized by defining as Formula 6, KeyGen can be expressed, more simply, as indicated in the following Formula 10, for example, utilizing a partial sequence Seq[i] of a predetermined length, with which the AES output is sufficiently long.
 
 K 10Key[i]=Seq[i] mod( i+ 1)  [Formula 10]
 
(Block Permutation Unit)
 
       FIG. 3  is an explanatory diagram illustrating processing that is performed by the block permutation module  102  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . The block permutation module  102  performs permutation (shuffle) processing per d-number of characters. This permutation processing may use, for example, a left cyclic shift as indicated in the following Formula 11 or a right cyclic shift that permutates respective data in the reverse direction. However, permutation where the input is totally the same as the output (identity permutation) should not be used for a security reason.
 
LeftRot( V,X[ 2], X[ 3], . . . ,  X[d ])=( X[ 2], X[ 3], . . . ,  X[d],V )  [Formula 11]
 
     The counter update module  103  compares the input round counter value with a preliminary given value r, and, when the round counter value&lt;r, increments the round counter value by one. Then, the counter update module  103  inputs the d-digit value in base a that is output from the block permutation module  102  to the unit block tweakable encryption module  101 . When the round counter value=r, the counter update module  103  outputs the output value of the block permutation module  102  to the output unit  14  as a cipher text. 
     An operation of the block permutation module  102  when the round counter value=r does not determine security of encryption. As such, when the round counter value=r, the counter update module  103  may output the latest output from the unit block tweakable encryption module  101 , as is, as a cipher text. Such a case corresponds to applying reverse permutation to the output value of the block permutation module  102  and outputting the outcome. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the encryption device  10  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . When a d-digit plain text in base a as a target of encryption, an external tweak, and an initial value of a round counter=1 are input via the input unit  13  (step S 101 ), the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  operates encryption indicated in Formula 3 to X[1], concatenates the output value V with X[2], . . . , X[d], and outputs (V, X[2], . . . , X[d]) (step S 102 ). For X[1], relationship indicated in the following Formula 12 is established.
 
 x[ 1]ε Z   (ctr-1 mod d)+1   [Formula 12]
 
     Next, the block permutation module  102  performs block permutation processing, such as a left cyclic shift and a right cyclic shift, for (V, X[2], . . . , X[d]) that is output from the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  (step S 103 ). 
     Then, the counter update module  103  determines whether or not the round counter value is equal to the preliminary given value r (step S 104 ). When the round counter value&lt;r, the round counter value is incremented by one (step S 105 ) and the processing returns to step S 102 . When the round counter value=r, the output value from the block permutation module  102  is output to the output unit  14  as a cipher text (step S 106 ) and the processing completes. 
     (Configuration of Decryption Device) 
     Returning to  FIG. 1 , the processor  21  of the decryption device  20  operates as an unit block tweakable decryption module  201 , a block reverse permutation module  202 , and a counter update module  203  respectively, as will be described later herein, by an operation of a decryption program. 
     Further, the storage unit  22  prestores a decryption key  211 . The decryption key  211  may be anything as long as a cipher text encrypted using the encryption key  111  can be decrypted. For example, the encryption key  111  may be a private key in the public key encryption method, and the decryption key  211  may be a public key corresponding to the private key, or vice versa. Alternatively, the encryption device  10  and decryption device  20  may be the same computer, and the encryption key  111  and decryption key  211  may be the same common key. 
     The unit block tweakable decryption module  201  and the block reverse permutation module  202  respectively perform reverse operation of the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  and the block permutation module  102  of the encryption device  10 . 
     Through the input unit  23 , a d-digit cipher text in base a as a target of decryption, an external tweak, and an initial value of a round counter=1 are input. The same relationship as the above-described Formula 1 is established between a(i) and a message space MSG. In other words, the message space MSG is a d-digit space in base a. 
     The unit block tweakable decryption module  201  performs decryption processing corresponding to the unit block tweakable encryption module  101 . When a decryption function corresponding to the encryption function TE as indicated in Formula 2 is defined as TD (the definition of respective signs is the same as Formula 2), the decryption function TD is indicated in the following Formula 13. The relationship indicated in Formula 13 needs to be established for all K, T, and C.
 
 M=TD ( K,T,C )  [Formula 13]
 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , when the encryption function TE of the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  is configured by KeyGen and BlockEnc indicated in the above-described Formula 4, the decryption function TD of the unit block tweakable decryption module  201  is also configured by the same KeyGen and BlockDec that performs reverse permutation of Knuth Shuffle. The processing of BlockDec is indicated in the following Formula 14.
 
1. Initially set array[0]=0, . . . , array[9]=9
 
2. Define  j=K 10Key[i] where  i= 9, . . . , 1, and exchange values of array[ j ] and array[ i].  
 
3. With input value  yεZ   10 , output  x  where  y =array[ x ] by the obtained array.  [Formula 14]
 
     The block reverse permutation module  202  performs permutation (shuffle) processing per d-number of characters. Further, the block reverse permutation module  202  is a reverse function to the block permutation module  102 . For example, when the block permutation module  102  uses a left cyclic shift, the block reverse permutation module  202  uses a right cyclic shift. Then, an operation of the counter update module  203  is the same as the counter update module  103 . 
       FIG. 5  is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the decryption device  20  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . When a d-digit plain text in base a as a target of decryption (output from the encryption device  10 ), an external tweak, and an initial value of a round counter=1 are input via the input unit  23  (step S 201 ), the unit block tweakable decryption module  201  operates decryption that is reverse to step S 101  of  FIG. 4  for X[1], concatenates the output value V with X[2], . . . , X[d], and outputs (V, X[2], . . . , X[d]) (step S 202 ). 
     Next, the block reverse permutation module  202  performs block permutation processing that is a reverse direction of the block permutation module  102  (that is, block reverse permutation processing) for (V, X[2], . . . , X[d]) output from the unit block tweakable decryption module  201  (step S 203 ). 
     Then, the counter update module  203  determines whether or not the round counter value is equal to the preliminary given value r (step S 204 ). When the round counter value&lt;r, the round counter value is incremented by one (step S 205 ) and the processing returns to step S 202 . When the round counter value=r, the output value from the block permutation module  202  is output to the output unit  24  as a plain text (step S 206 ) and the processing completes. 
     Overall Operation of the Embodiment 
     Next, the overall operation of the above-described exemplary embodiment will be described. The format-preserving encryption method according to the exemplary embodiment is a method in which the format-preserving encryption device  10  performs the following processing. That is, the format-preserving encryption device  10  encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in the same data format as the plain text. The unit block tweakable encryption unit encrypts a leftmost digit of the plain text by using numerical values of the remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text (step S 102  of  FIG. 4 ). The block permutation unit performs permutation per digit based on a predetermined rule for the remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and the encrypted leftmost digit of the plain text (step S 103  of  FIG. 4 ). The counter update unit causes processing of encryption of the leftmost digit of the plain text and permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times (steps S 104  and S 105  of  FIG. 4 ). 
     Further, the format-preserving decryption method according to the exemplary embodiment is a method in which the format-preserving decryption device  20  performs the following processing. That is, the format-preserving decryption device  20  decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text in the same data format as the cipher text. The unit block tweakable decryption unit decrypts a leftmost digit of the cipher text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the cipher text (step S 202  of  FIG. 5 ). The block reverse permutation unit performs reverse permutation per digit based on a predetermined rule for the remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the decrypted leftmost digit of the cipher text (step S 203  of  FIG. 5 ). The counter update unit causes processing of decryption of the leftmost digit of the cipher text and reverse permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times (steps S 204  and S 205  of  FIG. 5 ). 
     The above-described respective operation steps may be programmed so as to be executable by a computer, which may be executed by the format-preserving encryption device  10  and decryption device  20  that are computers for directly executing the respective steps. The program may be stored in a non-transitory recording medium, such as DVD, CD, and Flash memory. In such a case, the program is loaded from a recording medium by a computer, and is executed. 
     By such an operation, the exemplary embodiment provides the following effects. 
     According to the exemplary embodiment, encryption/decryption processing is made possible regardless of the number of digits and even in other number than binary, utilizing a block cipher method that is operated with high security to a binary space. 
     In the above-described method, since block encryption is always performed for a leftmost digit of a d-digit plain text using the remaining d-1 digits as a part of a tweak, the input of each round always influences the leftmost digit. Since the round structure has a reverse function, the entire processing also has a reverse function. Thus, a block cipher for the message space MSG indicated in Formula 1 can be formed. 
     As for security of this method, when the tweakable encryption that uses, as a block, one digit in base a(i) that is used as a component is secure (i=1, . . . , d), by repeating the encryption for 2d times, the method is proved to be theoretically secure for a chosen plain text attack of the number of times that is sufficiently smaller than |MSG|^(d/2). Further, by increasing the repetition to 3d times, the method is proved to be theoretically secure for a chosen cipher text attack of the number of times that is sufficiently smaller than |MSG|^(d/2). Here, |MSG| is a size of a message space MSG. 
     Then, when a(i) is small, the tweakable block cipher with one digit in base a(i) as a block can be theoretically securely formed by combining a general block cipher and Knuth Shuffle on Za(i). 
     It will be appreciated that the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  may encrypt a digit other than X[ 1 ], that is, a digit other than the first digit of the plain text, and the block permutation module  102  may permutate respective data based on a rule other than a left cyclic shift and a right cyclic shift. Even in such a case, the unit block tweakable decryption module  201  and the block reverse permutation module  202  respectively perform reverse processing of the unit block tweakable encryption module  101  and the block permutation module  102 . 
     Expansion of Embodiment 1 
     Various expansions of the above-described exemplary embodiment will be considered without changing the spirit thereof. The following will describe such expansions. 
     When a value of a is large to a certain extent in a d-digit message space in base a, utilizing Knuth Shuffle as actual processing of the block encryptor  101   c , that is, BlockEnc, is inefficient and unpractical. 
     In such a case, for example, a method described in NPL10 can be used. Further, particularly, when a=232, 248, and the like, methods that use small block sizes may be utilized among existing block ciphers, such as KATAN described in NPL11, RC5 described in NPL12, and SEA described in NPL13. 
     Even in such a case, processing of the block encryptor  101   c  (BlockEnc) still utilizes the output from the temporary key generator  101   b  (a temporary key DK that is output from KeyGen). However, the output from the AES encryptor  101   a  is required to be converted to a key in a format and distribution that is required by the block encryptor  101   c . Since the key has to be a binary format in any of the methods described in NPL10, 11, and 13, the temporary key generator  101   b  may shorten the output from the AES encryptor  101   a  to an appropriate length and output the outcome to the block encryptor  101   c.    
     Further, when the block encryptor  101   c  requires a key of a length of 128 bits or more, the temporary key generator  101   b  may expand the output from the AES encryptor  101   a  by a known technique Output Feedback Mode (OFB) and output the outcome to the block encryptor  101   c . Further, depending on a condition such as a length of an external tweak, when a sequence concatenating a round counter, an external tweak, the number of digits d, and X[1], . . . , X[d] becomes 128 bits or more, an input length of the temporary key generator  101   b  may be expanded utilizing a general encryption use mode such as a known technique Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code (OBC-MAC). 
     Expansion of Embodiment 2 
     In a d-digit message space in base a, a for each digit may be different in some cases. Such a case corresponds to, for example, a case of dealing with data such as “a combination of binary and decimal” as described in Background Art. A value of a of the i-th digit (i=1, . . . , d) is represented as a(i). A space that X[1] may take in the j-th round (j=1, . . . , d) is indicated in the following Formula 15.
 
 Z   a(j−1 mod d)+1)   [Formula 15]
 
     In such a case, an array size of Knuth Shuffle and a block size of a block cipher that are used in processing of the block encryptor  101   c  in the j-th round become equal to those indicated in Formula 15. In other words, since the processing of the block encryptor  101   c  cyclically changes for each round, processing of the AES encryptor  101   a  and the temporary key generator  101   b  cyclically changes accordingly. 
     Further, even in a case that a(i) of respective digits are not the same, when the number of rounds r is integral multiple of the number of digits d, processing of the block permutation module  102  and the counter update module  103  may be the same as the above-described exemplary embodiment. Formats of a plain text and a cipher text need to match after processing for r rounds, and such a condition is satisfied when the block permutation module  102  performs a left (or right) cyclic shift in a condition where the number of rounds r is integral multiple of the number of digits d. In other cases, the block permutation module  102  is required to apply different permutation only when the round counter is r. 
     In both expansion 1 and 2 of the exemplary embodiment as described above, the decryption device  20  performs a reverse operation to the above-described encryption device  10 . 
     While, so far, a specific exemplary embodiment illustrated in the drawings has been described regarding the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiment illustrated therein. The present invention can be applied to any known configurations as long as the present invention can provide the effects thereof. 
     Main points of new technical contents for each exemplary embodiment as described above are as follows. Note that the following summarizes part or whole of the above-described exemplary embodiment as a new technique, however, the present invention is not limited thereto. 
     (Supplementary Note 1) 
     A format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in a same data format as the plain text, including: 
     unit block tweakable encryption means for encrypting a specific digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; 
     block permutation means for permutating respective digits including the encrypted specific digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and 
     encryption counter update means for causing processing by the unit block tweakable encryption means and block permutation means to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     (Supplementary Note 2) 
     The format-preserving encryption device according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein 
     the unit block tweakable encryption means includes: 
     an AES encryptor that encrypts a numerical value that concatenates remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the plain text and the external tweak using a prestored encryption key and outputs an output value of a specific number of bits; 
     a temporary encryption key generator that generates a temporary encryption key using an output value of the AES encryptor; and 
     a block encryptor that encrypts the specific digit of the plain text utilizing the temporary encryption key. 
     (Supplementary Note 3) 
     The format-preserving encryption device according to Supplementary Note 2, wherein the block encryptor encrypts the specific digit of the plain text by permutation using Knuth Shuffle. 
     (Supplementary Note 4) 
     The format-preserving encryption device according to Supplementary Note 1, wherein the block permutation means carries remaining respective digits excluding a leftmost digit of the plain text by one digit, and moves the leftmost digit of the plain text to a rightmost position. 
     (Supplementary Note 5) 
     A format-preserving decryption device that decrypts a cipher text that is output from the format-preserving encryption device according to any one of Supplementary Notes  1  to  4  and outputs a plain text in a same data format as the cipher text, including: 
     unit block tweakable decryption means for decrypting a specific digit of the cipher text, which is at a same position as the unit block tweakable encryption unit, by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is same as the encryption device and is input concurrently with the cipher text; 
     block reverse permutation means for permutating respective digits including the decrypted specific digit of the cipher text per digit based on a reverse rule to the block permutation unit; and 
     decryption counter update means for causing processing by the unit block tweakable decryption means and the block reverse permutation means to repeat for a same number of times as the encryption counter update means. 
     (Supplementary Note 6) 
     The format-preserving decryption device according to Supplementary Note 5, wherein the unit block tweakable decryption means includes: 
     an AES decryptor that decrypts a numerical value that concatenates remaining respective digits excluding the specific digit of the cipher text and the external tweak using a prestored decryption key and outputs an output value of a specific number of bits; 
     a temporary decryption key generator that generates a temporary decryption key using an output value of the AES decryptor; and 
     a block decryptor that decrypts the specific digit of the cipher text utilizing the temporary decryption key. 
     (Supplementary Note 7) 
     The format-preserving decryption device according to Supplementary Note 6, wherein the block decryptor decrypts the specific digit of the cipher text by reverse permutation using Knuth Shuffle. 
     (Supplementary Note 8) 
     The format-preserving decryption device according to Supplementary Note 5, wherein the block permutation means carries remaining respective digits excluding a rightmost digit of the plain text by one digit, and moves the rightmost digit of the plain text to a leftmost position. 
     (Supplementary Note 9) 
     A format-preserving encryption method of a format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in a same data format as the plain text, including: 
     encrypting, by unit block tweakable encryption means, leftmost digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; 
     permutating, by block permutation means, remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and the encrypted leftmost digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and 
     causing, by counter update means, processing of the encryption of a leftmost digit of the plain text and the permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     (Supplementary Note 10) 
     A format-preserving decryption method of a format-preserving decryption device that decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text in a same data format as the cipher text, including: 
     decrypting, by unit block tweakable decryption means, a leftmost digit of the cipher text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the cipher text; 
     reverse permutating, by block reverse permutation means, remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the decrypted leftmost digit of the cipher text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and 
     causing, by counter update means, processing of the decryption of a leftmost digit of the cipher text and the reverse permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     (Supplementary Note 11) 
     A format-preserving encryption program, in a format-preserving encryption device that encrypts an input plain text and outputs a cipher text in a same data format as the plain text, causing a computer provided in the format-preserving encryption device to execute procedures of: 
     encrypting a leftmost digit of the plain text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the plain text; 
     permutating remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the plain text and the encrypted leftmost digit of the plain text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and 
     causing processing of the encryption of a leftmost digit of the plain text and the permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     (Supplementary Note 12) 
     A format-preserving decryption program, in a format-preserving decryption device that decrypts an input cipher text and outputs a plain text in a same data format as the cipher text, causing a computer provided in the format-preserving decryption device to execute procedures of: 
     decrypting a leftmost digit of the cipher text by using numerical values of remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and an external tweak that is input concurrently with the cipher text; 
     reverse permutating remaining respective digits excluding the leftmost digit of the cipher text and the decrypted leftmost digit of the cipher text per digit based on a predetermined rule; and 
     causing processing of the decryption of a leftmost digit of the cipher text and the reverse permutation per digit to repeat for a predetermined number of times. 
     This application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-098403 filed on Apr. 24, 2012, which application is incorporated herein in its entirety by disclosure. 
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     The present invention is widely applicable to usages of adding a data encryption/decryption function to a business system or a database in which a data format is predetermined. The present invention is not only effective for the above-described example of a credit card number, but also effective, for example, for encryption of RFID tag data (a standard length of 96 bits, which is shorter than 128 bits in AES). 
     REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 
     
         
           1  encryption system 
           10  encryption device 
           11 ,  21  processor 
           12 ,  22  storage unit 
           13 ,  23  input unit 
           14 ,  24  output unit 
           20  decryption device 
           101  unit block tweakable encryption module 
           101   a  aes encryptor 
           101   b  temporary key generator 
           101   c  block encryptor 
           102  block permutation module 
           103 ,  203  counter update module 
           111  encryption key 
           201  unit block tweakable decryption module 
           202  block reverse permutation module 
           211  decryption key