Cryptanalysis using genetic algorithms

Authors:
Karel P. Bergmann;Renate Scheidler;Christian Jacob
Affiliations:
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Venue:
Proceedings of the 10th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Genetic algorithms were used for the cryptanalysis of a number of classical cryptosystems. The results of applying a number of GA implementations to various ciphers are presented. The selection of appropriate mutation operators and fitness functions is also discussed.