Grain-128AEADv2: Strengthening the Initialization Against Key Reconstruction
Properties of the Grain-128AEAD key re-introduction, as part of the cipher initialization, are analyzed and discussed. We consider and analyze several possible alternatives for key re-introduction and identify weaknesses, or potential weaknesses, in them. Our results show that it seems favorable to separate the state initialization, the key re-introduction, and the A/R register initialization into