Permutation box

In cryptography, a permutation box (or P-box) is a method of bit-shuffling used to permute or transpose bits across S-boxes inputs, retaining diffusion while transposing.[1]

An example of a 64-bit "expansion" P-box which spreads the input S-boxes to as many output S-boxes as possible.

In block ciphers, the S-boxes and P-boxes are used to make the relation between the plaintext and the ciphertext difficult to understand (see Shannon's property of confusion). P-boxes are typically classified as compression, expansion, and straight, depending on whether the number of output bits is less than, greater than, or equal to the number of input bits, respectively. Only straight P-boxes are invertible.

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References

  1. Computer Science and Engineering. "Cryptography 2007" (PDF). Chalmers University of Technology. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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