Cryptography Based on 2D Ray Tracing

EasyChair Preprint 15449

Abstract

We introduce the first symmetric key cryptographic scheme involving a light ray's interaction with a 2D cartesian coordinate setup, several smaller boxes within this setup, of either reflection or refraction type and 1st, 2nd or 3rd degree polynomial curves inside each of these smaller boxes. We also incorporate boolean logic gates of types XOR, NOT-Shift and Permutation which get applied to the light ray after each interaction with a reflecting or refracting polynomial curve. This alternating interaction between Optical gates (polynomial curves) and Non-optical gates creates a complex and secure cryptographic system. Furthermore, we design and launch customized attacks on our cryptographic system and discuss the robustness of it against these.

Keyphrases: Ciphertext, Cryptography, Plaintext, Polynomial objects, key

@booklet{EasyChair:15449,
  author    = {Sneha Mohanty and Christian Schindelhauer},
  title     = {Cryptography Based on 2D Ray Tracing},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15449},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}