Patent Publication Number: US-7212633-B2

Title: Expansion key generating device, encryption device and encryption system

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   (1) Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to an encryption system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an encryption system which has a decreased difference between encryption time and decryption time, and is capable of generating a highly random expansion key. 
   (2) Description of the Related Art 
   Due to a rapid spread of digital communication in recent years, a data encryption method for securing data confidentiality through communication is highly demanded for the purpose of protecting privacy and the development of sound industries. In order to realize an encryption method, a speedy encryption process, and easy implementation, and a high security level are required. In a generic structure of such an encryption method, the data subject for encryption is divided into blocks of a specific size, a data scrambling process is executed to each block based on a specific encryption key, and then a ciphertext is generated. 
   (First Related Art) 
   As one of such encryption methods, there is Rijndael encryption which is established as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The AES is the next generation standard of encryption in the United States.  FIG. 16  is a diagram showing the internal structure of an encryption device using the Rijndael encryption method. The encryption device  1300  includes an expansion key generating unit  6  that generates and outputs 128-bit expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 10  from a 128-bit encryption key EK, and a data scrambling unit  5  that is connected to the expansion key generating unit  6 . The data scrambling unit  5  receives the expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 10  from the expansion key generating unit  6 , executes a data scramble by repeating a specific data conversion process for a plain text PT of 128-bit data using the expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 10 , and generates a 128-bit ciphertext CT. 
   The expansion key generating unit  6  includes the following elements: a data dividing unit  600  that receives the encryption key EK, divides the encryption key EK into four 32-bit data blocks D 0 , D 1 , D 2  and D 3 , and outputs them; a key conversion unit  60  that is connected to the data dividing unit  600 , receives the data blocks D 0 ˜D 3  from the data dividing unit  600 , executes a specific operation, which is explained later, to them, and generates the expansion key SK 1  and four 32-bit data blocks, and outputs them; and key conversion units  61 ˜ 69 , each of which is connected to the preceding key conversion unit, receives four 32 bits data blocks from the key conversion unit, executes a specific operation, which is explained later, to them, generates the expansion key and four 32-bit data blocks, and outputs them. 
   The expansion keys output from the key conversion units  61 ˜ 69  are defined as the expansion keys SK 2 ˜SK 10  respectively. Although the key conversion unit  69  outputs four data blocks, they are not used for other processes. In addition, the expansion key generating unit  6  outputs the encryption key EK as the expansion key SK 0 . 
   The data scrambling unit  5  includes the following elements: a key adding unit  500 , which is connected to the expansion key generating unit  6 , where the key adding unit  500  receives the expansion key SK 0 , executes an exclusive-OR operation per bit between a plain text PT and the expansion key SK 0 , a data conversion unit  50  connected to the key adding unit  500  and the key conversion unit  60  which converts the data output from the key adding unit  500  based on the expansion key SK 1 ; data conversion units  51 ˜ 58  which are connected to the key conversion units  61 ˜ 68  respectively, and convert the data output from the preceding data conversion unit based on the expansion keys SK 2 ˜SK 9  respectively; and a final data conversion unit  59 , which is connected to the data conversion unit  58  and the key conversion unit  69 , where the final data conversion unit  59  converts the data output from the data conversion unit  58  based on the expansion key SK 10 , and outputs a ciphertext CT. 
     FIG. 17  is a diagram showing the internal structure of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69 . Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  executes a key conversion process, which is explained later, based on first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  of 32 bits each, and outputs first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  and the 128-bit expansion key SK. 
   Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  includes the following elements: a data rotation unit  601  that receives the fourth input data X 3 , executes a rotation bit shift by 8 bits to the input data X 3  in an upper bit direction (a left direction), and outputs its result; a data substituting unit  602  that is connected to the data rotation unit  601 , receives the operation result from the data rotation unit  601 , executes a specific substituting process to the operation result, and outputs its result; and an exclusive-OR operation unit  603 , which is connected to the data substituting unit  602 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  603  receives the substitution result from the data substituting unit  602 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the substitution result and a predefined 32-bit constant Rcon, and outputs data T. 
   Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  further includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  604  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation  603 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  604  receives the first input data X 0  and the data T output from the exclusive-OR operation unit  603 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the first input data X 0  and the data T, and outputs the first output data Y 0 ; and an exclusive-OR operation unit  605  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  604 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  605  receives the second input data X 1  and the operation result of the exclusive-OR operation unit  604 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data X 1  and the operation result, and outputs the second output data Y 1 . 
   Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  further includes: an exclusive-OR operation unit  606  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  605 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  606  receives the third input data X 2  and the operation result of the exclusive-OR operation unit  605 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the third input data X 2  and the operation result, and outputs the third output data Y 2 ; an exclusive-OR operation unit  607  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  606 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  607  receives the fourth input data X 3  and the operation result of the exclusive-OR operation unit  606 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the fourth input data X 3  and the operation result, and outputs the fourth output data Y 3 ; and a data concatenation unit  608  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation units  604 ˜ 607 , where the data concatenation unit  608  concatenates the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3 , and outputs the expansion key SK. Details of the process executed in each unit are described in the following explanations of the encryption process. 
   The following briefly describes the encryption process of the Rijndael encryption method executed by the encryption device  1300 . As indicated in  FIG. 16 , the expansion key generating unit  6  outputs the encryption key EK as the expansion key SK 0  to the key adding unit  500  within the data scrambling unit  5 . The key adding unit  500  executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the plain text PT and the expansion key SK 0  and outputs its result to the data conversion unit  50 . The data dividing unit  600  divides the encryption key EK by each 32 bits from its upper bit into four data blocks D 0 , D 1 , D 2  and D 3 . 
   Data entered into the data conversion unit  50  is sequentially processed for data conversion in each data conversion unit in the order from the data conversion unit  50  to the data conversion unit  58 , and a result finally processed in the final data conversion unit  59  is output as the ciphertext CT. 
   Each of the data conversion units  50 ˜ 58  executes the data conversion process based on the expansion keys SK 1 ˜SK 9 . Also, the final data conversion unit  59  executes the data conversion process based on the expansion key SK 10 . Each of the expansion keys SK 1 ˜SK 10  is generated in each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  within the expansion key generating unit  6 , and respectively provided to the data conversion units  50 ˜ 58  and the final data conversion unit  59  in the data scrambling unit  5 . That is to say, there is a processing group at each stage, which consists of following processes (1) and (2) as a pair, and the data scrambling unit  5  executes 10 stages of them and generates the ciphertext CT. 
   Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  receives the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  (32 bits each), executes the key conversion process, and outputs the expansion key SK (128 bits) and the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3 . The data rotation unit  601 , the data substituting unit  602  and the exclusive-OR operation unit  603  calculate the data T by conducting the operation expressed as the following formula (1) to the fourth input data X 3 .
 
 T=Rcon (+) Perm ( ROTL 8( X 3))  (1)
 
Here, ROTL 8  (X) indicates a result of the rotation bit shift by 8 bits executed to the data X in the upper bit direction (the left direction). Perm (X) indicates a result of a specific substituting process executed to the data X. An operator “(+)” indicates the exclusive-OR operation per bit. The constant Rcon is 32-bit fixed value data which is different in each key conversion units  60 ˜ 69 .
 
   Each of the exclusive-OR operation units  604 ˜ 607  executes the operation indicated in the following formulas (2)˜(5) using the data T resulted from above, and finds the respective first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3 .
 
 Y 0= T (+) X 0  (2)
 
 Y 1 =Y 0(+) X 1  (3)
 
 Y 2 =Y 1(+) X 2  (4)
 
 Y 3 =Y 2(+) X 3  (5)
 
   The data concatenation unit  608  gets the expansion key SK containing a relation expressed in the following formula (6). The operator “∥” indicates data concatenation. That is to say, the below formula (6) shows the 128-bit expansion key SK can be found by concatenating the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  having 32 bits each.
 
 SK=Y 0 ∥Y 1 ∥Y 2 ∥Y 3  (6)
 
   Each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  outputs the expansion key SK and the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  obtained as a result of the above process. 
     FIG. 18  is a diagram to show the internal structure of the decryption device using the Rijndael encryption method. A decryption device  1400  includes the following elements: an expansion key inverse generating unit  8  that generates the expansion keys SK 10 ˜SK 0  of 128 bits each in a reverse order of encryption, which is from the 128-bit encryption key EK; and a data inverse scrambling unit  7  that is connected to the expansion key inverse generating unit  8 , receives the expansion keys SK 10 ˜SK 0  from the expansion key inverse generating unit  8 , executes a specific inverse data scrambling process to the 128-bit ciphertext using the expansion keys SK 10 ˜SK 0 , and outputs the decryption text DT. 
   The expansion key inverse generating unit  8  includes the following elements: a data dividing unit  800  which receives the encryption key EK and divides it by each 32 bits from its upper level into four data blocks; a key conversion unit  80  which is connected to the data dividing unit  800 , where the key conversion unit  80  receives the four blocks, executes a specific operation to them and outputs four 32-bit data blocks; key conversion units  81 ˜ 88 , each of which is connected to the preceding key conversion unit, where each key conversion unit  81 ˜ 88  receives four 32-bit data blocks from the preceding key conversion unit, executes a specific operation to them, generates and outputs four 32-bit data blocks to the next key conversion unit; and a key conversion unit  89  which is connected to the key conversion unit  88 , where the key conversion unit  89  receives four 32-bit data blocks from the key conversion unit  88 , executes a specific operation to the four 32-bit data blocks, and generates and outputs the expansion key SK 10  and four 32-bit data blocks. 
   Since the specific operation executed by the key conversion units  80 ˜ 89  is the same as the specific operation executed by the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  respectively, each of the key conversion units  80 ˜ 89  has the same structure as the key conversion unit indicated in  FIG. 17 . Therefore, they are not explained here in detail. 
   However, the key conversion units  80 ˜ 88  do not output the expansion keys SK 1 ˜SK 9 , which are different from the key conversion units  60 ˜ 68 . Because of this, each of the key conversion units  80 ˜ 88  may have the structure of the key conversion unit shown in  FIG. 17  where the data concatenation unit  608  is excluded. 
   The expansion key inverse generating unit  8  further includes the following elements: a key inverse conversion unit  90  which is connected to the key conversion unit  89 , where the key conversion unit  90  receives four 32-bit data blocks output from the key conversion unit  89 , executes a key inverse conversion process, which is explained later, generates and outputs the expansion key SK 9  and four 32-bit data blocks, and key inverse conversion units  91 ˜ 99 , each of which is connected to the key inverse conversion unit, where each of the inverse conversion units  91 ˜ 99  receives four 32-bit data blocks from the preceding key inverse conversion unit, executes the key inverse conversion process, which is explained later, generates and outputs the expansion key and four 32-bit data blocks. 
   Each of the expansion keys output from the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  are the respective expansion keys SK 9 ˜SK 0 . The key inverse conversion unit  99  outputs four data blocks, but they are not used for other processes. 
   The data inverse scrambling unit  7  includes the following elements: a final data inverse conversion unit  70  which is connected to the key conversion unit  89 , where the final data inverse conversion unit  70  receives the expansion key SK 10  from the key conversion unit  89 , executes an inverse conversion process of the conversion process executed by the final data conversion unit  59  using the ciphertext CT and the expansion key SK 10 , and outputs the process result; and a data inverse conversion unit  71  which is connected to the final data inverse conversion unit  70  and the key inverse conversion unit  90 , where the data inverse conversion unit  71  respectively receives the process result and the expansion key SK 9  from the final data inverse conversion unit  70  and the key inverse conversion unit  90 , executes the inverse conversion process of the conversion process executed by the data conversion unit  58 , and outputs the process result. 
   The data inverse scrambling unit  7  further includes the following elements: data inverse conversion units  72 ˜ 79 , each of which is connected to the preceding data inverse conversion unit respectively and also connected the key inverse conversion units  91 ˜ 98  respectively, where each of the date inverse conversion units  72 ˜ 79  receives the expansion keys SK 8 ˜SK 1  respectively from the key inverse conversion units  91 ˜ 98 , executes respectively the inverse conversion process of the conversion process executed by the data conversion units  57 ˜ 50 , and outputs the process result; and a key adding unit  700  which is connected to the data inverse conversion unit  79  and the key inverse conversion unit  99 , where the key adding unit  700  receives the process result and the expansion key SK 0  respectively from the data inverse conversion unit  79  and the key inverse conversion unit  99 , executes the inverse conversion process of the conversion process executed in the key adding unit  500 , and outputs the decryption text DT. 
     FIG. 19  is a diagram to show each internal structure of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99 . Each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  executes the key inverse conversion process, which is equivalent to the inverse conversion of the key conversion process executed respectively in each of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  and  80 ˜ 89  based on the first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3 , which is 32 bits each, and outputs the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3  and the 128-bit expansion key SK. 
   Each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  includes following units: an exclusive-OR operation unit  901  that executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the third input data Y 2  and the fourth input data Y 3 , and outputs the fourth output data Z 3 ; an exclusive-OR operation unit  902  that executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data Y 1  and the third input data Y 2 , and outputs the third output data Z 2 ; and an exclusive-OR operation unit  903  that executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the first input data Y 0  and the second input data Y 1 , and outputs the second output data Z 1 . 
   Each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  further includes the following elements: a data rotation unit  905  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  901 , receives an output of the exclusive-OR operation unit  901 , where each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 94  executes the rotation bit shift by 8 bits to the output in the upper bit direction (the left direction), and outputs the result; and a data substituting unit  906  which is connected to the data rotation unit  905 , where the data rotation unit  905  receives the operation result from the data rotation unit  905 , executes a specific substituting process to the operation result, and outputs the result. 
   Each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  further includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  907  that is connected to the data substituting unit  906 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  907  receives the substituting result from the data substituting unit  906 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the substituting result and a 32-bit constant Rcon predefined in each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99 , and outputs data T; an exclusive-OR operation unit  904  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  907 , where the exclusive-OR operation unit  904  receives the data T from the exclusive-OR operation unit  907 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the first input data Y 0  and the data T, and outputs the first output data Z 0 ; and a data concatenation unit  908  which is connected to the exclusive-OR operation units  904 ˜ 901 , where the data concatenation unit  909  concatenates the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3 , and outputs the expansion key SK. Details of the process taken in each unit are described in the following explanation of a decryption process. 
   The following briefly describes the decryption process of the Rijndael encryption method executed by the decryption device  1400 . As shown in  FIG. 18 , the data dividing unit  800  divides the 128-bit encryption key EK by each 32 bits from its upper bit into four 32-bit data blocks. A key conversion process is sequentially executed based on these four data blocks in the key conversion units  80 ˜ 89 . As mentioned above, the key conversion process executed in the key conversion units  80 ˜ 89  is the same as the key conversion process done in the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  indicated in  FIG. 16 . However, the expansion keys SK 1 ˜SK 9  respectively generated in the key conversion units  80 ˜ 88  are not used for any subsequent processes. 
   A key conversion unit  89  outputs the generated expansion key SK to the final data inverse conversion unit  70  as the expansion key SK 10 . Subsequently, each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  generates the respective expansion keys SK 9 ˜SK 0  in order. In parallel with the processes executed in the key conversion unit  89  and the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99 , the final data inverse conversion unit  70 , the data inverse conversion units  71 ˜ 79  and key adding unit  700  execute a specific process respectively based on the expansion keys SK 10 ˜SK 0 . The key adding unit  700  finally generates the decryption text DT, and outputs it. 
   Next, the following describes details of a process executed in the data inverse scrambling unit  7 . The process done in the data inverse scrambling unit  7  is equivalent to inverse conversion of the process taken place in the data scrambling unit  5  of the encryption device  1300  indicated in  FIG. 16 . Initially, the final data inverse conversion unit  70  executes the inverse conversion process of the process carried out by the final data conversion unit  59  with the expansion key SK 10 . Subsequently, the data inverse conversion units  71 ˜ 79  respectively conduct the inverse conversion process of the process in the data conversion units  58 ˜ 50  using the respective expansion keys SK 9 ˜SK 1 . Lastly, the key adding unit  700  executes the inverse conversion process of the process executed in the key adding unit  500  using the expansion key SK 0  and generates the decryption text DT, and outputs it. As mentioned above, at the time of decryption, it is necessary to generate the expansion key in a reverse order of the encryption processes. 
   The following describes the key inverse conversion process executed in each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  indicated in  FIG. 19 . 
   Each of the exclusive-OR operation units  901 ˜ 903  finds the respective second˜fourth output data Z 1 ˜Z 3  by executing each operation shown in the following formulas (7)˜( 9 ).
 
 Z 1 =Y 0(+) Y 1  (7)
 
 Z 2 =Y 1(+) Y 2  (8)
 
 Z 3 =Y 2(+) Y 3  (9)
 
   The data rotation unit  905 , the data substituting unit  906  and the exclusive-OR operation unit  907  calculate the data T by executing the operation indicated in the following formula (10) for the fourth output data Z 3 .
 
 T=Rcon (+) Perm ( ROTL 8( Z 3))  (10)
 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  904  finds the first output data Z 0 , which is the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data T and the first input data Y 0  according to the next formula (11).
 
 Z 0 =T (+) Y 0  (11)
 
   The data concatenation unit  908  concatenates the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3  according to the next formula (12), and generates the 128-bit expansion key SK.
 
 SK=Z 0 ∥Z 1 ∥Z 2 ∥Z 3  (12)
 
   Each of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  outputs the expansion key SK resulted from the above process and the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 17 , the data substituting unit  602  executes a non-linear process at the time of encryption according to this method. There is an impact on the expansion key SK and all of the output data from the data processed by the non-linear process via the exclusive-OR operation units  604 ˜ 607 . Therefore, though this method is a simple key conversion process, it can generate a highly random expansion key. 
   (Second Related Art) 
   The U.S. standard known as the Data Encryption Standard (DES) is the second related art.  FIG. 20  is a diagram showing the structure of the key conversion unit  10  used by an encryption device in the DES method. A key conversion unit  10  includes rotation shift units  101  and  102 , a data concatenation unit  103  which is connected to the rotation shift units  101  and  102 , and a data degenerating unit  104  which is connected to the data concatenation unit  103 . 
   The following describes actions of the key conversion unit  10 . The rotation shift unit  101  executes a rotation bit shift process by a specific number of bits to 28-bit first input data, and generates first rotation shift data. The rotation shift unit  102  executes the rotation bit shift process by a specific number of bits to 28-bit second input data, and generates second rotation shift data. The first rotation shift data and the second rotation shift data are output as first output data and second output data respectively from the key conversion unit  10 . On the other hand, the data concatenation unit  103  concatenates the first rotation shift data and the second rotation shift data to make 56-bit data, and outputs the data to the data degenerating unit  104 . The data degenerating unit  104  extracts data for 48 bits at a predefined bit location from the input data, and outputs the expansion key. 
   According to the encryption device in the DES method the same expansion key generation process can be applied to generate the expansion key both at the encryption process and at the decryption process because generating the expansion key is basically realized by a data shift process and a data extraction process. Accordingly, there is no difference between the encryption and the decryption processes regarding the processing workload necessary for generating the expansion key. 
   The above mentioned inventions as well as other related inventions contain deficiencies. In regards to the encryption method of the first related art, the time required to execute the generating process for the expansion key at the decryption stage is greater than the time required at the encryption stage. These timing differences occur for the following reasons. As shown in  FIG. 16 , in the data scrambling unit  5  of the encryption device  1300 , the encryption key EK is used as is in the key adding unit  500  that executes the first process. Therefore, a process of the data scrambling unit  5  can be executed in parallel with a process of the expansion key generating unit  6 . 
   On the other hand, as indicated in  FIG. 18 , within the data inverse scrambling unit  7  of the decryption device  1400 , the final data inverse conversion unit  70 , which executes the process at first, must use the expansion key SK 10  provided from the expansion key inverse generating unit  8 . In order to get the expansion key SK 10 , a key conversion process needs to be carried out in the key conversion units  80 ˜ 89 . That is to say, the final data inverse conversion unit  70  can start its process only after the key conversion process is executed 10 times. Therefore, the decryption process takes more time than the time taken for the encryption process because these key conversion processes must take place. 
   When the above-described time gap is significantly large, the following problems arise. Consider, for example, a communication system where data is exchanged in a real time manner between a receiving device and a sending device. If the encryption device  1300  and the decryption device  1400  explained in the first related art are used in such a communication system, the sending device can encrypt data and send it in a real time manner. However, the receiving device cannot decrypt the encryption message in a real time manner because the decryption takes time. Accordingly, the prior art requires the use of a margin at the receiving device to temporarily store the encrypted data, which increases the cost of the receiving device. 
   Also, as shown in  FIG. 21 , where an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system  1800  installed to a tollgate of expressways, data communication takes place between a tollgate antenna  1804  and an in-vehicle device  1802  which is attached to an automobile  1801  and authentication is executed between the tollgate antenna  1804  and the in-vehicle device  1802 . Because the automobile  1801  normally travels through the gate of the ETC system  1800  without stopping, a high-speed response is required for the ETC system  1800 . Therefore, if the conventional encryption device  1300  and decryption device  1400  are used in the ETC system  1800 , high-speed hardware will be required. 
   On the other hand, the problem of the first related art, being “the time required to generate the expansion key at the decryption takes longer than the time at the encryption”, is resolved in the second related art. However, the second related art still contains a problem where the expansion key is not sufficiently at random. 
   In the second related art, data is treated as an expansion key wherein a certain number of bits at a specific position are extracted from the concatenated data after a rotation bit shift is applied. Since a data combining process or a substituting process is not used for a process to generate the expansion key, the expansion key is not adequately random. Regarding the generation process of the expansion key in the second related art, the key cannot maintain a high security level. This is typically called a “weak key”. The weak key in the DES method is described, for example, in “Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot, Scott A. Vanstone, “Handbook of Applied Cryptography”, CRC Press, 1997, pp. 256–pp. 259”. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   In view of the above problems identified in the prior art, the present invention aims at providing an encryption system that reduces the time gap between encryption time and decryption time. 
   1. Additionally, the present invention also provides an encryption system that is capable of generating an expansion key with a high level of randomness and security. In order to achieve above objectives, this invention specifies an expansion key generating device which receives encryption key data as an input and it is operable to ouput plural expansion key data comprising: a data dividing unit operable to divide the encryption key data into plural part key data; and plural key conversion units, which are connected in series, operable to receive the plural part key data as input and output the plural expansion key data. Further, each of the plural key conversion units includes: an output calculation unit operable to receive the plural part key data or plural output data from a preceding key conversion unit as plural input data, execute a fixed conversion process to each of the plural input data in a way each bit value of each of the plural input data does not interfere each other, and output plural output data into a subsequent key conversion unit; and an expansion key calculation unit operable to combine the plural input data, and generate the expansion key data. 
   As mentioned above, because the output calculation unit can be separated from the expansion key calculation unit, and the process at the output calculation unit is a fixed conversion process for each of the input data such that each bit value of each input data does not interfere each other, it is possible to have a processing unit equivalent to what is resulted by executing processes at a specific number of stages in the output calculation unit. Therefore, once data is generated in the above equivalent processing unit at the time of decryption, it is possible to sequentially generate the expansion keys used for decrypting the ciphertext data by sequentially executing the inverse conversion processes of the processes executed by the key conversion unit. Accordingly, there is no need to execute the processes at a specific number of stages in the output calculation unit at the decryption, and thereby the time gap between the encryption and the decryption can be reduced. 
   Also, the expansion key calculation unit can provide a highly random and secure expansion key, because it combines plural part data when calculating the expansion key data. 
   For example, the output calculation unit executes a rotation shift operation by a specific number of bits to at least one of the plural input data, and the specific number of bits is not a measure of a number of bits of the input data, which the rotation shift operation is executed to. 
   Since the number of bits for the rotation shift operation is not made to a measure of the input data which the rotation shift rotation is executed to, it becomes hard to generate the same input data as the original input data even if the plural rotation shifts are executed to the input data. Therefore, a highly random and secure expansion key with a high level of security can be provided. 
   Also, the expansion key calculation unit executes a substituting process to at least one of the plural input data based on a specific substitution table in a halfway process of combining the plural input data. 
   The expansion key with a high level of randomness and security can be provided by inserting a non-linear process, such as the substituting process. 
   The present invention is not limited to an embodiment as such an expansion key generating device, but may also embody an encryption device equipped with such an expansion key generating device, and as a decryption device which decrypts a ciphertext data encrypted by an expansion key generating device. The present invention may also embody an encryption system comprised of an encryption device, a decryption device, and an expansion key generating method or a program having a computer function which operates as an expansion key generating device. Such a program may be widely distributed through a recording medium such as a Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) or a transmission medium like the Internet. 

   
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     These and the other objects, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the following description thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a specific embodiment of the invention. In the drawings: 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of an encryption device  1100  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of data conversion units  11 ˜ 18  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 4  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of a final key conversion unit  28  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 5  is a diagram describing a substitution table Sbox. 
       FIG. 6  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of a decryption device  1200  related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 7  is a block diagram demonstrating the sample structure of data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of a key modification unit  40  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47  as related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 10  is a diagram describing an inverse substitution table InvSbox. 
       FIG. 11  is a diagram showing a concrete example which describes a relationship between the substitution table Sbox and the inverse substitution table InvSbox. 
       FIG. 12  is a block diagram demonstrating the sample structure of the key modification unit  160 . 
       FIG. 13  is a diagram describing a bit replacing unit  1500 . 
       FIG. 14  is a diagram describing a bit reversing unit  1520  and an exclusive-OR operation unit  1540  equivalent to it. 
       FIG. 15  is a diagram showing an external view of a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) player used as a practical sample of the encryption system related to the embodiment. 
       FIG. 16  is a block diagram showing the structure of the encryption device  1300  as related to the first related art. 
       FIG. 17  is a block diagram showing the structure of the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  as related to the first related art. 
       FIG. 18  is a block diagram showing the structure of the decryption device  1400  as related to the first related art. 
       FIG. 19  is a block diagram showing the structure of the key inverse conversion units  90 ˜ 99  as related to the first related art. 
       FIG. 20  is a block diagram showing the structure of the key conversion unit  10  as related to the second related art. 
       FIG. 21  is a diagram describing an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system. 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   The following specifically describes an encryption system related to the present invention based on an embodiment with reference to drawings. The encryption system is comprised of an encryption device and a decryption device, which are explained later. 
     FIG. 1  is a block diagram to show the sample structure of the encryption device related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
   A data encryption unit  1100  includes the following elements: an expansion key generating unit  2  that generates eight expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 7  having 64 bits each based on a 128-bit encryption key EK; and a data scrambling unit  1  that is connected to the expansion key generating unit  2 , receives the expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 7  from the expansion key generating unit  2 , executes a data scramble by repeating a specific data conversion process to a plain text PT by using the expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 7 , and generates a 64-bit ciphertext CT. 
   The data scrambling unit  1  consists of eight data conversion units  11 ˜ 18  that are concatenated vertically. The expansion key generating unit  2  is made up of a data dividing unit  20 , seven key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  and a final key conversion unit  28 , which are concatenated vertically. 
     FIG. 2  is a block diagram to show the internal structure of the data conversion units  11 ˜ 18 . Each of the data conversion units  11 ˜ 18  includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  111  that is connected to either one of the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  or the final key conversion unit  28 , receives the expansion key SK (one of SK 0 ˜SK 7 ) from one of the key conversion units, executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the expansion key SK and input data X, and outputs data A; and a data dividing unit  112  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  111 , receives the data A from the exclusive-OR operation unit  111 , and divides the data A into four data blocks B 0 ˜B 3 . 
   Each of the data conversion units  11 ˜ 18  further includes the following elements: data substituting units  113 ˜ 116  that are connected to the data dividing unit  112 , receive the respective data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  from the data dividing unit  112 , and substitute the respective data blocks C 0 ˜C 3  for the respective data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  in a method explained later; and a data concatenation unit  117  that is connected to the data substituting units  113 ˜ 116 , receives the data blocks C 0 ˜C 3  respectively from the data substituting units  113 ˜ 116 , concatenates the data blocks C 0 ˜C 3  in a method, which is explained later, and outputs data Y. 
     FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27 . Each of the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  includes the following elements: an expansion key calculation unit  210  that receives first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  having 32 bits each from the data dividing unit  20  or the preceding key conversion unit, and calculates a 64-bit expansion key SK from the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 ; and an output calculation unit  230  that calculates the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3 , which are used as input for a subsequent key conversion unit or the final key conversion unit  28 , from the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 . 
   The expansion key calculation unit  210  includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  211  that executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data X 1  and the fourth input data X 3  and calculates 32-bit data A; a data substituting unit  212  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  211 , receives the data A from the exclusive-OR operation unit  211  and substitutes the data B for the data A in a method explained later; and an exclusive-OR operation unit  213  that is connected to the data substituting unit  212 , receives the data B from the data substituting unit  212 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data B and the third input data X 2 , and calculates data C. 
   The expansion key calculation unit  210  further includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  214  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  213 , which receives the data C from the exclusive-OR operation unit  213 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data C and the second input data X 1 , and calculates data D; an exclusive-OR operation unit  215  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  214 , which receives the data D from the exclusive-OR operation  214 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data D and the first input data X 0  and calculates data E; and a data concatenation unit  216  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation units  213  and  215 , which receives the data C and the data E respectively from the exclusive-OR operation units  213  and  215 , concatenates the data C and the data E, and outputs it as a 64-bit expansion key SK. 
   An output calculation unit  230  includes the following elements: a data rotation unit  217  that executes a rotation bit shift by 1 bit to the first input data X 0  in a lower bit direction (a right direction), and outputs it as the fourth output data Y 3 ; a data rotation unit  218  that executes a rotation bit shift by 5 bits to the second input data X 1  in the lower bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the first output data Y 0 ; a data rotation unit  219  that executes a rotation bit shift by 9 bits to the third input data X 2  in the lower bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the second output data Y 1 ; and a data rotation unit  220  that executes a rotation bit shift by 13 bits to the fourth input data X 3  in the lower bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the third output data Y 2 . 
     FIG. 4  is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the final key conversion unit  28 . The final key conversion unit  28  has a configuration of the key conversion unit in  FIG. 3  where the output calculation unit  230  is excluded. The final key conversion unit  28  includes the expansion key calculation unit  280 . 
   The expansion key calculation unit  280  includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  281 ; a data substituting unit  282  connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  281 ; an exclusive-OR operation unit  283  connected to the data substituting unit  282 ; an exclusive-OR operation unit  284  connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  283 ; an exclusive-OR operation unit  285  connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  284 : and a data concatenation unit  286  connected to the exclusive-OR operation units  283  and  285 . 
   The structures of the exclusive-OR operation units  281 ,  283 ˜ 285 , the data substituting unit  282  and the data concatenation unit  286  are the same as the respective structures of the exclusive-OR operation units  211 ,  213 ˜ 215 , the data substituting unit  212  and the data concatenation unit  216  of the expansion key calculation unit  210  in  FIG. 3 . Therefore, their detailed explanation is omitted here. 
   The following describes actions taken by the encryption device  1100  with reference to  FIG. 1˜FIG .  5 . 
   The following explanation is for an overall process flow of the encryption device shown in  FIG. 1 . 
   A data dividing unit  20  in the expansion key generating unit  2  divides a 128-bit encryption key EK by each 32 bits from its upper level into four data blocks, and outputs them to the key conversion unit  21 . The key conversion unit  21  executes the key conversion process, which is explained later, for the input four blocks, and calculates a 64-bit expansion key SK 0  and four 32-bit data blocks. The key conversion unit  21  outputs the expansion key SK 0  to the data conversion unit  11  and outputs the calculated four data blocks to a subsequent key conversion unit  22 . 
   The data conversion unit  11  executes the data conversion process, which is explained later, on a 64-bit plain text PT based on the input expansion key SK 0 , and calculates 64 bit data. The data conversion unit  11  outputs the calculated data to a subsequent data conversion unit  12 . 
   The key conversion unit  22  executes the same key conversion process as the key conversion unit  21  to the four 32-bit data blocks input from the preceding key conversion unit  21 , and calculates the expansion key SK 1  and the four 32-bit data blocks. The key conversion unit  22  outputs the expansion key SK 1  to the data conversion unit  12 , and outputs the calculated four data blocks to a subsequent key conversion unit  23 . 
   The data conversion unit  12  executes the same data conversion process as the data conversion unit  11  to the data input from the preceding data conversion unit  11  based on the input expansion key SK 1 , and calculates 64-bit data. The data conversion unit  12  outputs the calculated data to a subsequent data conversion unit  13 . 
   The same processes are executed in the key conversion units  23 ˜ 27  and the data conversion units  13 ˜ 17 . The final key conversion unit  28  executes the final key conversion process, which is explained later, to the four data blocks input from the key conversion unit  27 , finds the expansion key SK 7 , and outputs it to the data conversion unit  18 . 
   The data conversion unit  18  executes the same data conversion process as the data conversion unit  11  for the data input from the data conversion unit  17  based on the expansion key SK 7 , calculates 64-bit ciphertext CT, and outputs it. 
   The following describes a data conversion process executed by each of the data conversion units  1 ˜ 18  in  FIG. 2 . Each of the data conversion units  1 ˜ 18  executes the data conversion process to the 64-bit input data X based on the 64-bit expansion key SK, and outputs 64-bit output data Y. The input data X is either the plain text PT or the data output from the preceding data conversion unit. The expansion key SK is one of SK 0 ˜SK 7  respectively output from the key conversion units  21 ˜ 28 . 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  111  executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the input data X and the expansion key SK, as shown in the following formula (13), and finds the 64-bit data A.
 
 A=X (+) SK   (13)
 
   The data dividing unit  112  receives the data A from the exclusive-OR operation  111 , and divides the data A into four data blocks B 0 , B 1 , B 2  and B 3  from its first four bits on the top. That is to say, a relationship indicated in the following formula (14) is established between the data A and the data blocks B 0 ˜B 3 .
 
 A=B 0 ∥B 1 ∥B 2 ∥B 3  (14)
 
   The data dividing unit  112  outputs four data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  one by one to the data substituting units  113 ˜ 116 . 
   According to the following formula (15), the data substituting unit  113  finds 16-bit data C 0  based on the 16-bit data B 0  input from the data dividing unit  112 .
 
 C 0 =S box[ B 0 h]∥S box [B 0 l]   (15)
 
   Sbox here indicates a substitution table. As shown in  FIG. 5 , the substitution table Sbox is composed of arrays having 256 elements, and each element consists of 8-bit data. B 0   h  indicates 8 bits in an upper level of the data B 0 , whereas B 0   l  indicates 8 bits in a lower level of the data B 0 . 
   That is to say, Sbox [B 0   h ] shows the B 0   h -th element in the substitution table Sbox, while Sbox [B 0   l ] shows the B 0   l -th element in the substitution table Sbox. Data C 0  is data generated by concatenating these two elements. 
   The substitution table Sbox used here is the one described in “S-box design considering the security against known attacks on block ciphers”, Technical Report of IEICE, Vol. 98 No. 48, ISEC98-13, (in Japanese), (July, 1998) written by Shiho Moriai, Kazumaro Aoki, Masayuki Kanda, Youichi Takashima, and Kazuo Ohta. However, the substitution table Sbox is not limited to this, and may be something else. 
   The data substituting units  114 ˜ 116  receive the respective data blocks B 1 ˜B 3  from the data dividing unit  112 , find the data blocks C 1 ˜C 3  respectively, and output them. As a process executed in each of the data substituting units  114 ˜ 116  is the same as the process executed by the data substituting unit  113 , its detailed explanation is not repeated here. 
   A data concatenation unit  117  receives the data blocks C 0 ˜C 3  respectively from the data substituting units  113 ˜ 116 , concatenates the data blocks C 0 ˜C 3  according to the following formula (16), finds 64-bit data Y, and outputs it.
 
 Y=C 0 ∥C 1 ∥C 2 ∥C 3  (16)
 
   The following describes the key conversion process executed in each of the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  shown in  FIG. 3 . Each of the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  executes the expansion key calculation process and the output calculation process, which are explained later, to the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 , calculates the expansion key SK and the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3 , and outputs them. The first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  are four 32-bit data blocks output from the data dividing unit  20  or the preceding key conversion unit. The expansion key SK is one of SK 0 ˜SK 6  respectively input to the data conversion units  11 ˜ 17 . 
   The following explains the expansion key calculation process executed in the expansion key calculation unit  210 . 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  211  executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data X 1  and the fourth input data X 3  according to the following formula (17), and finds 32-bit data A.
 
 A=X 1(+) X 3  (17)
 
   A data substituting unit  212  receives the data A from the exclusive-OR operation unit  211 , and finds 32-bit data B indicated according to the following formula (18) using the same substitution table Sbox as the substitution table used in the data conversion units  11 ˜ 18 .
 
 B=S box[ A 0 ]∥S box[ A 1 ]∥S box[ A 2 ]∥S box[ A 3]  (18)
 
   Data values, which are obtained by dividing the data A by each 8 bits from its upper level, are respectively treated as A 0 , A 1 , A 2  and A 3 . 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  213  receives the data B from the data substituting unit  212 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data B and the third input data X 2  according to the following formula (19), and gets 32-bit data C.
 
 C=B (+) X 2  (19)
 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  214  receives the data C from the exclusive-OR operation unit  213 , and executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data C and the second input data X 1  according to the following formula (20), and gets 32-bit data D.
 
 D=C (+) X 1  (20)
 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  215  receives the data D from the exclusive-OR operation unit  214 , and executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data D and the first input data X 0  according to the following formula (21), and gets 32-bit data E.
 
 E=D (+) X 0  (21)
 
   The data concatenation unit  216  receives the data C and E respectively from the exclusive-OR operation units  213  and  215 , concatenates the data C and E according to the following formula (22), and outputs it as a 64-bit expansion key SK.
 
 SK=C∥E   (22)
 
   The following describes a process (an output calculation process) to calculate the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  in the output calculation unit  230 . 
   The data rotation units  217 ˜ 220  calculate the fourth output data Y 3 , the first output data Y 0 , the second output data Y 1  and the third output data Y 2  respectively according to the following formulas (23)˜(26).
 
 Y 3 =ROTR 1( X 0)  (23)
 
 Y 0 =ROTR 5( X 1)  (24)
 
 Y 1 =ROTR 9( X 2)  (25)
 
 Y 2 =ROTR 13( X 3)  (26)
 
   ROTR 1  (X), ROTR 5  (X), ROTR 9  (X) and ROTR 13  (X) respectively indicate results of the data X where the respective rotation bit shift by 1 bit, 5 bits, 9 bits and 13 bits is applied to in a lower side direction (a right direction). 
   The following describes the final key conversion process executed by the final key conversion unit  28  in  FIG. 4 . The expansion key calculation unit  280  of the final key conversion unit  28  calculates the expansion key SK 7  by taking the same actions as the expansion key calculation unit  210  in  FIG. 3 . Therefore, its detailed explanation is not repeated here. 
     FIG. 6  is a block diagram showing the sample structure of the decryption device related to the embodiment of the present invention. 
   The data decryption device  1200  includes the following elements: an expansion key inverse generating unit  4  that generates eight expansion keys SK 7 ˜SK 0  of 64 bits each in a reverse order of the encryption based on the 128-bit encryption key EK; and a data inverse scrambling unit  3  that is connected to the expansion key inverse generating unit  4 , receives the expansion keys SK 7 ˜SK 0  from the expansion key inverse generating unit  4 , and generates the decryption text DT by repeating the inverse data conversion process, which is explained later, to the ciphertext CT using the expansion keys SK 7 ˜SK 0 . 
   The data inverse scrambling unit  3  consists of eight data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38  concatenated vertically. The expansion key inverse generating unit  4  is made up of the key modification unit  40 , seven key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47  and a final key conversion unit  48  concatenated vertically. 
     FIG. 7  is a block diagram of the internal structure of the data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38 . Each of the data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38  includes a data dividing unit  311  that receives 64-bit input data Y (the ciphertext CT or the output data of the preceding data inverse conversion unit) and divides the data Y into four data blocks A 0 ˜A 3 , and data inverse substituting units  312 ˜ 315  that are connected to the data dividing unit  311 , receive the respective data blocks A 0 ˜A 3  from the data dividing unit  311  and substitute the respective data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  for the respective data blocks A 0 ˜A 3  in a method, which is explained later. 
   Each of the data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38  further includes the following elements: a data concatenation unit  316  that is connected to the data inverse substituting units  312 ˜ 315 , receives the data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  from the data inverse substituting units  312 ˜ 315 , concatenates the data blocks B 0 ˜B 3 , and outputs it; the exclusive-OR operation unit  317  that is connected to the data concatenation unit  316 , receives the concatenated result output from the data concatenation unit  316 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the concatenated result and the expansion key SK, and outputs data Z. 
     FIG. 8  is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the key modification unit  40 . The key modification unit  40  receives the first˜fourth input data I 0 ˜I 3  of 32 bits each, executes a process, which is explained later, and calculates the first˜fourth output data J 0 ˜J 3 . The key modification unit  40  includes the following elements: a data rotation unit  401  that executes the rotation bit shift by 51 bits to the first input data I 0  in the lower bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the second output J 1 ; a data rotation unit  402  that executes the rotation bit shift by 47 bits to the second input data I 1  in the lower bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the third output data J 2 ; a data rotation unit  403  that executes the rotation bit shift by 43 bits to the third input data I 2  in the lower level bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the fourth output data J 3 ; a data rotation unit  404  that executes the rotation bit shift by 55 bits to the fourth input data I 3  in the lower level bit direction (the right direction), and outputs it as the first output data J 0 . 
     FIG. 9  is a block diagram to show the internal structure of the key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47 . Each of the key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47  includes the following elements: an expansion key calculation unit  410  that receives the first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3  having 32 bits each from the key modification unit  40  or the preceding key inverse conversion unit, and calculates 64-bit expansion key SK from the first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3 ; and an output inverse calculation unit  430  that calculates the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3  which is an input to the subsequent key inverse conversion unit or the final key conversion unit  48  from the first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3 . 
   The expansion key calculation unit  410  includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  411  that executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data Y 1  and the fourth input data Y 3 , and calculates 32-bit data A; a data substituting unit  412  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  411 , receives the data A from the exclusive-OR operation unit  411 , and substitutes the data B for the data A in a method, which is explained later; an exclusive-OR operation unit  413  that is connected to the data substituting unit  412 , receives the data B from the data substituting unit  412 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data B and the third input data Y 2 , and calculates data C. 
   The expansion key calculation unit  410  further includes the following elements: an exclusive-OR operation unit  414  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  413 , receives the data C from the exclusive-OR operation unit  413 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data C and the second input data Y 1 , and calculates data D; an exclusive-OR operation unit  415  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation unit  414 , receives the data D from the exclusive-OR operation unit  414 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data D and the first input data Y 0 , and calculates data E; and a data concatenation unit  416  that is connected to the exclusive-OR operation units  413  and  415 , receives the data C and the data E respectively from the exclusive-OR operation units  413  and  415 , concatenates the data C and the data E, and outputs it as a 64-bit expansion key SK. 
   The output inverse calculation unit  430  includes the following elements: a data rotation unit  417  that executes the rotation bit shift by 5 bits to the first input data Y 0  in the upper level direction (the left direction), and outputs it as the second output data Z 1 ; a data rotation unit  418  that executes the rotation bit shift by 9 bits to the second input data Y 1  in the upper level direction (the left direction), and outputs it as the third output data Z 2 ; a data rotation unit  419  that executes the rotation bit shift by 13 bits to the third input data Y 2  in the upper direction (the left direction), and outputs it as the fourth output data Z 3 ; and a data rotation unit  420  that executes the rotation bit shift by 1 bit to the fourth input data Y 3  in the upper direction (the left direction), and outputs it as the first output data Z 0 . 
   The final key conversion unit  48  indicated in  FIG. 6  has the same structure as the final key conversion unit  28  in  FIG. 4 . Therefore, its detailed explanation is not repeated here. 
   The following describes actions taken by the decryption device  1200  with reference to  FIG. 6˜FIG .  12 . 
   An overall process flow of the decryption device  1200  shown in  FIG. 6  is described as follows. 
   The key modification unit  40  within the expansion key inverse generating unit  4  executes, after internally dividing a 128-bit encryption key EK into four 32-bit data blocks, the key modification process, which is explained later, and calculates four 32-bit data blocks. The key modification unit  40  outputs the calculated four data blocks to the key inverse conversion unit  41 . 
   The key inverse conversion unit  41  executes the key inverse conversion process, which is explained later, based on the input four data blocks, and calculates a 64-bit expansion key SK 7  and four 32-bit data blocks. The key inverse conversion unit  41  outputs the expansion key SK 7  to the data inverse conversion unit  31 , and outputs the four data blocks to the next key inverse conversion unit  42 . 
   The data inverse conversion unit  31  executes the inverse data conversion process, which is explained later, to a 64-bit ciphertext CT based on the input expansion key SK 7 , calculates 64-bit data, and outputs it to the next data inverse conversion unit  32 . 
   The key inverse conversion unit  42  executes the same process as the key inverse conversion unit  41  based on the four data blocks input from the preceding key inverse conversion unit  41 , and calculates the expansion key SK 6  and four data blocks. The key inverse conversion unit  42  outputs the expansion key SK 6  to the data inverse conversion unit  32 , and outputs the calculated four data blocks to the key inverse conversion unit  43 . 
   The data inverse conversion unit  32  executes the same inverse data conversion process as the data inverse conversion unit  31  to the data input from the preceding data inverse conversion unit  31  based on the expansion key SK 6 , calculates 64-bit data, and outputs it to the subsequent data inverse conversion unit  33 . 
   The same operation is executed in the key inverse conversion units  43 ˜ 47  and the data inverse conversion units  33 ˜ 37 . The final key conversion unit  48  executes the same process as the final key conversion process used in the final key conversion unit  28  in  FIG. 4  from the four data blocks input from the key inverse conversion unit  47 , calculates the expansion key SK 0 , and outputs it to the data inverse conversion unit  38 . 
   The data inverse conversion unit  38  executes the same inverse data conversion process as the data inverse conversion unit  31  to the data input from the data inverse conversion unit  37  based on the expansion key SK 0 , calculates and outputs a 64-bit decryption text DT. 
   The following describes the inverse data conversion process executed in each of the data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 38  indicated in  FIG. 7 . 
   The data dividing unit  311  divides the 64-bit data Y (the ciphertext CT or the data Z output from the preceding data inverse conversion unit) by each 16 bits from its upper level into four data blocks A 0 , A 1 , A 2  and A 3 . That is to say, the relationship indicated in the following formula (27) is established between the data Y and the data blocks A 0 ˜A 3 .
 
 Y=A 0 ∥A 1 ∥A 2 ∥A 3  (27)
 
   The data dividing unit  311  outputs the data blocks A 0 ˜A 3  to the data inverse substituting units  312 ˜ 315  respectively. 
   The data inverse substituting unit  312  finds 16-bit data block B 0  according to the following formula (28) based on the 16-bit data A 0  input from the data dividing unit  311 .
 
 B 0 =InvS box[ A 0 h]∥InvS box[ A 01]  (28)
 
   InvSbox here indicates an inverse substitution table that executes an inverse substitution of the substitution table Sbox explained above. The inverse substitution table consists of arrays having 256 elements as shown in  FIG. 10 , and each element has 8-bit data. A 0   h  indicates the first 8 bits of the data block A 0 , whereas A 0   l  shows the last 8 bits of the data block A 0 . 
   That is to say, InvSbox [A 0   h ] shows the A 0   h -th element in the inverse substitution table InvSbox, while InvSbox [A 0   l ] indicates the A 0   l -th element in the inverse substitution table InvSbox. The data block B 0  is the data generated by concatenating these two elements. 
   The inverse substitution table InvSbox used here is the one created based on the substitution table Sbox used by the data substituting units  113 ˜ 116  in  FIG. 2  at the time of encryption. 
   In short, the relationship indicated in the following formula (29) is established between the substitution table Sbox and the inverse substitution table InvSbox.
 
 InvS box[ S box[ I]]=i ( i= 0˜255)  (29)
 
     FIG. 11  is a diagram showing a concrete example describing the relationship between the substitution table Sbox and the inverse substitution table InvSbox. For example, suppose a value of Sbox [79] is “00110100” in a binary notation. “00110100” is “52” in a decimal notation. Also, “79” in decimal is “01001111” in the binary notation. Therefore, a value of InvSbox [52] is “01001111” in the binary notation. 
   Each of the data inverse substituting units  313 ˜ 315  receives the respective data blocks A 1 ˜A 3  from the data dividing unit  311 , and gets the data blocks B 1 ˜B 3  respectively, and outputs them. Since the process executed by each of the data inverse substituting units  313 ˜ 315  is the same as the process done in the data inverse substituting unit  312 , its detailed explanation is not repeated here. 
   The data concatenation unit  316  respectively receives the data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  from the data inverse substituting units  312 ˜ 315 , concatenates the data blocks B 0 ˜B 3  according to the following formula (30), gets the 64-bit data Z, and outputs it.
 
 Z=B 0 ∥B 1 ∥B 2 ∥B 3  (30)
 
   The following describes the key modification process executed by the key modification unit  40  in  FIG. 8 . The key modification unit  40  executes the process with an input of the 128-bit encryption key EK, and makes each 32 bits from its upper side of the encryption key EK be the first˜fourth input data I 0 ˜I 3 . 
   Each of the data rotation units  401 ˜ 404  calculates the second output data J 1 , the third output data J 2 , the fourth output data J 3  and the first output data J 0  respectively according to following formulas (31)˜(34).
 
 J 1 =ROTR 51 ( I 0)  (31)
 
 J 2 =ROTR 47( I 1)  (32)
 
 J 3 =ROTR 43( I 2)  (33)
 
 J 0 =ROTR 55( I 3)  (34)
 
   ROTR 51  (I), ROTR 47  (I), ROTR 43  (I), and ROTR 55  (I) here show results of the rotation bit shift that shifts the data I by 51 bits, 47 bits, 43 bits and 55 bits each in the lower direction (the right direction). 
   Finally, the key modification unit  40  outputs the first˜fourth output data J 0 ˜J 3 . 
   The following describes a meaning of a shift volume in the data rotation unit  401  of the key modification unit  40 . The data rotation process is executed in the output calculation unit  230  in  FIG. 3  to the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  input to the key conversion unit  21 , and ROTR 5  (X 1 ), ROTR 9  (X 2 ), ROTR 13  (X 3 ) and ROTR 1  (X 0 ) are obtained as the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  respectively as indicated in Table 1. 
   If the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  obtained in the key conversion unit  21  are supposed to be the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  respectively in the key conversion unit  22 , the same data rotation process is executed, and ROTR 14  (X 2 ), ROTR 22  (X 3 ), ROTR 14  (X 0 ) and ROTR 6  (X 1 ) are obtained as the first˜fourth output data Y 0 ˜Y 3  in the key conversion unit  22 , which are as shown in Table 1. 
   If the same process is executed to the key conversion units  23 ˜ 27 , the result shown in Table 1 can be obtained. Therefore, if the key modification unit  40  having the structure shown in  FIG. 8 , the equivalent result to the one of the processes up to the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  can be obtained. 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
               TABLE 1 
             
           
          
             
                 
                 
             
             
                 
               OUTPUT 
             
          
         
         
             
             
             
             
             
          
             
               KEY 
               FIRST OUTPUT 
               SECOND OUPTUT 
               THIRD OUTPUT 
               FOURTH OUTPUT 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 
               DATA Y0 
               DATA Y1 
               DATA Y2 
               DATA Y3 
             
             
                 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR5(X1) 
               ROTR9(X2) 
               ROTR13(X3) 
               ROTR1(X0) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 21 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR14(X2) 
               ROTR22(X3) 
               ROTR14(X0) 
               ROTR6(X1) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 22 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR27(X3) 
               ROTR23(X0) 
               ROTR19(X1) 
               ROTR15(X2) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 23 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR28(X0) 
               ROTR28(X1) 
               ROTR28(X2) 
               ROTR28(X3) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 24 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR33(X1) 
               ROTR37(X2) 
               ROTR41(X3) 
               ROTR29(X0) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 25 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR42(X2) 
               ROTR50(X3) 
               ROTR42(X0) 
               ROTR34(X1) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 26 
             
             
               KEY 
               ROTR55(X3) 
               ROTR51(X0) 
               ROTR47(X1) 
               ROTR43(X2) 
             
             
               CONVERSION UNIT 27 
             
             
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   Although  FIG. 8  shows an example of the key modification unit  40  having 7 stages of the key conversion units, it is possible to have a key modification unit regardless of a number of stages of the key conversion units. For example, when there are 6 stages of the key conversion units, the key modification unit  160  in  FIG. 12  may be used in stead of the key modification unit  40 . The key modification unit  160  is created based on Table 1. Each of the data rotation units  1601 ˜ 1604  of the key modification unit  160  executes a rotation bit shift process by 42 bits, 34 bits, 42 bits and 50 bits respectively to the input data in a lower bit direction (a right direction). However, the rotation bit shift by 32 bits is equal to the rotation bit shift by 0 bit (i.e. no process takes place). Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of the rotation bit shifts by setting the number of the rotation bit shifts to 10 bits, 2 bits, 10 bits and 18 bits respectively in the data rotation units  1601 ˜ 1604 . 
   Also, the number of the rotation bit shifts in the data rotation units  401 ˜ 404  of the key modification unit  40  shown in  FIG. 8  can be reduced to 19 bits, 15 bits, 11 bits and 23 bits respectively. 
   The following describes the key inverse conversion process executed by the key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47  shown in  FIG. 9 . Each of the key inverse conversion units  41 ˜ 47  executes the expansion key calculation process and the data conversion process, which are explained later, to the first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3 , calculates the expansion key SK and the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3 , and outputs them. The first˜fourth input data Y 0 ˜Y 3  are the four 32-bit data blocks output from the key modification unit  40  or the preceding inverse conversion unit. The expansion key SK is one of SK 7 ˜SK 1  input to the respective data inverse conversion units  31 ˜ 37 . 
   The following describes the expansion key calculation process executed in the expansion key calculation unit  410 . 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  411  executes an exclusive-OR operation per bit between the second input data Y 1  and the fourth input data Y 3  according to the following formula (35), and gets 32-bit data A.
 
 A=Y 1(+) Y 3  (35)
 
   The data substituting unit  412  receives data A from the exclusive-OR operation unit  411 , and gets 32-bit data B, which is in a relationship indicated in the following formula (36), using the same substitution table Sbox as the substitution table used in the data conversion units  11 ˜ 18  at the time of encryption.
 
 B=S box[ A 0 ]∥S box[ A 1 ]∥S box[ A 2 ]∥S box[ A 3]  (36)
 
   The data is divided by each 8 bits from its upper level of the data A is supposed to be A 0 , A 1 , A 2  and A 3  each. 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  413  receives the data B from the data substituting unit  412 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data B and the third input data Y 2  according to the following formula (37), and gets 32-bit data C.
 
 C=B (+) Y 2  (37)
 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  414  receives the data C from the exclusive-OR operation unit  413 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data C and the second input data Y 1  according to the following formula (38), and gets 32-bit data D.
 
 D=C (+) Y 1  (38)
 
   The exclusive-OR operation unit  415  receives the data D from the exclusive-OR operation unit  414 , executes the exclusive-OR operation per bit between the data D and the first input data Y 0  according to the following formula (39), and gets 32-bit data E.
 
 E=D (+) Y 0  (39)
 
   The data concatenation unit  416  receives the data C and the data E respectively from the exclusive-OR operation units  413  and  415 , concatenates the data C and the data E according to the following formula (40), and outputs it as 64 bit expansion key SK.
 
 SK=C∥E   (40)
 
   The following describes a process (a data conversion process) that calculates the first˜fourth output data Z 0 ˜Z 3  in the output inverse calculation unit  430 . 
   The data rotation units  417 ˜ 420  calculate the second output data Z 1 , the third output data Z 2 , the fourth output data Z 3  and the first output data Z 0  respectively according to the following formulas (41)˜(44).
 
 Z 1 =ROTL 5( Y 0)  (41)
 
 Z 2 =ROTL 9( Y 1)  (42)
 
 Z 3 =ROTL 13( Y 2)  (43)
 
 Z 0 =ROTL 1( Y 3)  (44)
 
   ROTL 5  (Y), ROTL 9  (Y), ROTL 13  (Y) and ROTL 1  (Y) here show results of the rotation bit shift by 5 bits, 9 bits, 13 bits and 1 bit each executed to the data Y in the upper bit direction (the left direction). 
   The following describes an effect of the encryption system in the embodiment explained above in comparison with conventional technologies. 
   As shown in  FIG. 17 , in the first related art, the process in the key conversion unit needs to be executed 9 times as an overhead to get the expansion key SK 10  used in the final data inverse conversion unit  70  within the decryption device  1400 . Because of this, the decryption process in the first related art requires a large amount of processing time when compared to the time taken for the encryption process. 
   However, as shown in  FIG. 6 , the process equivalent to the above overhead is only the process in the key modification unit  40  in the decryption device  1200  related to the present embodiment. This is equivalent to repeating the process in the output calculation unit  230  of the key conversion unit, shown in  FIG. 3 , 7 times. For a case of the data rotation process, the process to repeat the data rotation process of r bit(s) (r is an integer) 7 times is equivalent to the data rotation process of (7*r) bits once. By doing so, repeating the process of the output calculation unit  230  7 times is equivalent to executing the data rotation process 4 times, as shown in the key modification unit  40 . A comparison of the overhead processing volume between the both cases is as follows. 
   In the first related art, to execute the process of the key conversion unit one time requires 5 times of the exclusive-OR operation, once of the substituting process and once of the data rotation process. Therefore, if this is executed 9 times, 45 times of the exclusive-OR operation, 9 times of the substitution process and 9 times of the data rotation process are required as the overhead. On the other hand, in the decryption device  1200  as related to the present embodiment, the process necessary as the overhead is 4 times of the data rotation process only. 
   That is to say, the overheads of the present invention are much less than the ones of the first related art. This is realized by separating the expansion key calculation unit  210 , which calculates the expansion key, from the output calculation unit  230 , which serves as input to the subsequent key conversion unit, in the key conversion unit indicated in  FIG. 3 , and constructing the output calculation unit  230  only with the data rotation process. 
   Also, since the data rotation process can be realized by arranging a distribution pattern of signal lines when it is installed in hardware, it does not cause data delay. Because of this, when the decryption device  1200  shown in  FIG. 6  is realized in the hardware, the overhead can be substantially regarded as zero. Also, when the decryption device  1200  is realized in software, the rotation bit shift can be executed at high speed in most of processors. Therefore, it is possible to say that the overhead is so small that it can be ignored. 
   Next, the randomness of the expansion key generated in the system is examined. At the time of encryption, the output of the data substituting unit  212  in the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  shown in  FIG. 3  has an impact on all of the expansion keys through the data combining process by the exclusive-OR operation units  213 ˜ 215 . That is to say, the non-linear process by using the substitution table of the data substituting unit  212  has an impact on an entire range of the expansion keys through the data combining process by the exclusive-OR operation units  213 ˜ 215 . It means to perform the same effect as the key conversion units  60 ˜ 69  in the first related art. Also, all of the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  are used as the input data in the data combining process executed by the exclusive-OR operation units  211  and  213 ˜ 215 . Therefore, even when only a bit of the encryption key EK is changed, it is possible to say that all of the expansion keys SK 0 ˜SK 7  generated by it are changed. From the above, it is possible to say that the generated expansion key contains sufficient randomness. 
   Furthermore, each of the data rotation units  217 ˜ 220  within the output calculation unit  230  uses 1, 5, 9 and 13 bits respectively as a number of times for its data rotation. These numbers of bit(s) are not a measure of the number of bits (32 bits) respectively input to the data rotation unit  217 . Compared to this, in the second related art, the number of bits, i.e. 8 that is a measure of  32 , is used as the number of bits for the data rotation in the bit rotation unit  601  indicated in  FIG. 17 . Because of this difference, there is an effect explained below in the data rotation unit of the present embodiment. For example, even if the data rotation of 8 bits is executed to 32-bit data of 33333333 in a hexadecimal notation, it is 33333333. There is no change by the data rotation. The same applied to data such as 11111111 and 55555555. However, in the present embodiment, the above case only happens to the data of FFFFFFFF and 00000000 in the hexadecimal notation in the data rotation of the number of bits, which is not a measure of 32. Any input data other than the above gets the output data different from its input data. That is to say, higher data scrambling performance is realized in the data rotation unit of the present embodiment. Because the data rotation unit having the number of rotations, which is not a measure of the number of bits of the input data, is used in the output calculation unit  230  within the key conversion units  21 ˜ 27  in the present embodiment, a high data scrambling performance is realized even in the output calculation unit  230 . 
   The data rotation process is executed to all of the 32-bit data blocks in the output calculation unit  230 , but it is not limited to this structure. As long as the data rotation process is executed to at least one of the four data blocks, it is sufficient. Also, the number of data rotations is not limited to the values indicated in the present embodiment. As long as it is not a measure of the data block size, it may be other number of rotations. 
   Besides, rather than the data rotation process, the output calculation unit  230  may conduct a fixed conversion process to the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3  in a way each bit value of each of the input data does not interfere each other. For example, a bit replacing unit  1500  indicated in  FIG. 13  may be used rather than the data rotation unit  217 . The bit replacing unit  1500  receives the first input data X 0  having 32 bits, replaces the bit positions to prevent each bit value from being interfered by the other, and outputs it as the fourth output data Y 3 . 
   Because each bit value does not interfere each other with such a conversion, it is possible to create the key modification unit such as the one indicated in  FIG. 8 . 
   Also, the bit reversing unit  1520  may be used, which reverses only a specific bit value indicated in  FIG. 14  A rather than the data rotation unit  217 . The bit reversing unit  1520  indicated in  FIG. 14  A is equivalent to the exclusive-OR operation unit  1540  shown in  FIG. 14  B. 
   With such a conversion, it is possible to create the key modification unit indicated in  FIG. 8 , because each bit value does not interfere each other like the bit replacing unit  1500 . 
   Also, though the present embodiment uses the structure shown in  FIG. 2  as its data conversion unit, it is not limited to this structure. 
   Furthermore, the sizes of the plain text and the ciphertext are set to 64-bit, the size of the encryption key is 128-bit and the size of the expansion key is 64-bit in the present embodiment, but they are not limited to these data sizes. Also, the number of stages for the data conversion process in the data scrambling unit  1  indicated in  FIG. 1  is set to 8 stages, but it is not limited to this number of stages. 
   In addition, though the exclusive-OR operation unit  211  of the key conversion unit indicated in  FIG. 3  executes the exclusive-OR operation to two pieces of data out of four 32-bit data, it is not limited to this structure. As long as the exclusive-OR operation unit  211  has a configuration to execute the exclusive-OR operation to at least two of discretional part data obtained from 128 bits of concatenated first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 , it can be any configuration. 
   Moreover, the exclusive-OR operation unit  213  executes the exclusive-OR operation between the data B substituted and converted by the data substituting unit  212  and one of the first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 , it is not limited to this structure. The exclusive-OR operation unit  213  may have a configuration to execute the exclusive-OR operation between the data B and at least one of discretional part data obtained from the 128 bits of concatenated first˜fourth input data X 0 ˜X 3 . 
   Additionally, the exclusive-OR operation units  211 ,  213 ˜ 215  use the exclusive-OR operation as a method for combining data, but it can be any process as long as it is a process that calculates one output data from two or more input data such as addition, subtraction and multiplication. 
     FIG. 15  is an external view of a DVD player showing a practical use of the encryption system related to the present embodiment. The DVD player  1700  may contain the decryption device  1200  shown in  FIG. 6  when it authenticates contents of an inserted DVD  1702 . Because this authentication process can be executed at high speed, it can reduce time actually taken from insertion of the DVD  1702  to reproduction of contents of the DVD  1702 . 
   As clarified from the above explanation, rather than using the method in the first related art in which the expansion key generating process and the process for getting an input for the subsequent expansion key generating process are executed by sharing a part of the same processing circuit, the processes in the encryption system related to the present invention are separated into the expansion key calculation unit and the output calculation unit, and executed. 
   The expansion key calculation unit combines plural data, and calculates an expansion key. The output calculation unit uses a data rotation process that can convert a process, which is repeated n times (n is a natural number), to a simple equivalent process. In this way, the overhead process at the time of decryption does not get so much bigger than the process at the time of encryption like the first related art. Therefore, it is possible that the time taken for the decryption process does not have so much difference from the time taken for the encryption process. 
   The expansion key calculation unit uses a complicated process of a non-linear substituting process combined with a data combining process through a substitution table, rather than a simple bit replacing process like the second related art. Accordingly, the non-linear process using the substitution table has an influence on all of the expansion keys. Further, besides when the encryption key is changed, it has a feature where all of the expansion keys generated are affected by the change. Therefore, the present invention can realize a highly random expansion key generating process. 
   As mentioned above, according to the encryption system related to the present invention, the issues of the first and the second related arts can be resolved. 
   According to the encryption system related to the present invention, it is possible to provide an encryption process, and an authentication process and the like, which are high speed and achieve a high security level. Therefore, practical value of the present invention is extremely high when used by a system or the like, where it is required to meet high standards in terms of execution speed and security level.