Image encryption process based on chaotic synchronization phenomena
Image encryption process based on chaotic synchronization phenomena
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10.1016/j.sigpro.2012.11.008
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2013-05
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C. Volos;I. Kyprianidis;I. Stouboulos
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C. Volos;I. Kyprianidis;I. Stouboulos
This paper presents a novel image encryption scheme, which uses a chaotic True Random Bits Generator (TRBG). The chaotic TRBG is based on the coexistence of two different synchronization phenomena. The first one is the well-known complete chaotic synchronization while the second one is a recently new proposed synchronization phenomenon, the inverse π-lag synchronization. This coexistence is observed in the case of two mutually coupled identical nonlinear circuits. The nonlinear circuit, which is used, produces double-scroll chaotic attractors. The initial conditions of the coupled system and the values of the circuit's parameters serve as the private key of the proposed cryptographic scheme. In order to face the challenge of using this chaotic TRBG in such cryptographic schemes, the produced bits sequence is subjected to statistical tests which are the well-known Federal Information Processing Standards-140-2. This bits sequence has then been used to encrypt and decrypt gray-scale images. Also, the security analysis of the encrypted image demonstrates the high security of the proposed encryption scheme.