Towards Hardware Implementation of INDECT Block Cipher

This paper presents the first steps towards hardware implementation of INDECT Block Cipher (IBC) - a new symmetric block cipher invented in INDECT project. Currently, end-users can encrypt or decrypt single files by the software implementation of IBC but migration to hardware allows to speed up the encryption and decryption processes. In the paper, the authors describe software and hardware environments (Xilinx Spartan platform and System Generator environment) where the implementation is performed. Also, the models of IBC encryptor and decryptor developed in System Generator environment are presented in detail. Additionally, some considerations and propositions of Concurrent Error Detection in the hardware IBC architecture are described. Beside the descriptions of the main achievements, future development and next steps towards final hardware implementation are also considered.