Kalyna Block Cipher: From Design Space Exploration to ASIC Design

arXiv:2607.22269 · cs.CR · Submitted 2026-07-24 · Read on arXiv

Carlos Gewehr, Levent Aksoy, Mariia Rodinko, Roman Oliynykov, Samuel Pagliarini

cs.CR

Submitted: 2026-07-24

Code: https://github.com/Centre-for-Hardware-Security/kalyna

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

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Sources

• Gate-Level Side-Channel Leakage Assessment with Architecture Correlation Analysis

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