Test and Verification of AES Used for Image Encryption

• Published in: 3D research Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 27
• Main Author: Zhang, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul 3D Display Research Center 01.03.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 3DR Review; Algorithms; Benchmarks; Computer Imaging; Computer simulation; Computer systems; Cryptography; Encryption; Engineering; Lasers; Optical Devices; Optics; Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Photonics; Public Key Infrastructure; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Vision; Image encryption; AES—advanced encryption standard; CBC—cipher block chaining; Information security
• ISSN: 2092-6731; 2092-6731
• DOI: 10.1007/s13319-017-0154-7

In this paper, an image encryption program based on AES in cipher block chaining mode was designed with C language. The encryption/decryption speed and security performance of AES based image cryptosystem were tested and used to compare the proposed cryptosystem with some existing image cryptosystems based on chaos. Simulation results show that AES can apply to image encryption, which refutes the widely accepted point of view that AES is not suitable for image encryption. This paper also suggests taking the speed of AES based image encryption as the speed benchmark of image encryption algorithms. And those image encryption algorithms whose speeds are lower than the benchmark should be discarded in practical communications. Graphical Abstract Image cryptosystem based on AES in CBC mode