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Chaos-based image encryption scheme combining DNA coding and entropy

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Information security has became more and more important issue in modern society, one of which is the digital image protection. In this paper, a secure image encryption scheme based on logistic and spatiotemporal chaotic systems is proposed. The extreme sensitivity of chaotic system can greatly increase the complexity of the proposed scheme. Further more, the scheme also takes advantage of DNA coding and eight DNA coding rules are mixed to enhance the efficiency of image confusion and diffusion. To resist the chosen-plaintext attack, information entropy of DNA coded image is modulated as the parameter of spatiotemporal chaotic system, which can also guarantee the sensitivity of plain image in the encryption process. So even a slight change in plain image can cause the complete change in cipher image. The experimental analysis shows that it can resistant different attacks, such as the brute-force attack, statistical attack and differential attack. What’s more, The image encryption scheme can be easily implemented by software and is promising in practical application.

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The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61170037), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.2014XSYJ01) and the Specialized Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No.06198016)

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  1. School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Ping Zhen & Lequan Min

  2. Beijing Electronic Science and Technology Institute, Beijing, 100070, China

    Geng Zhao & Xin Jin

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Zhen, P., Zhao, G., Min, L. et al. Chaos-based image encryption scheme combining DNA coding and entropy. Multimed Tools Appl 75, 6303–6319 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-015-2573-x

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