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Ming LI

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3385-8364

Yushu ZHANG

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8183-8435

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Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering  2025 Vol.26 No.6 P.847-861

http://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2400721


SPJEU: a self-sufficient plaintext-related JPEG image encryption scheme based on a unified key


Author(s):  Ming LI, Wenwen ZHOU, Mengdie WANG, Yushu ZHANG, Yong XIANG

Affiliation(s):  School of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China; more

Corresponding email(s):   liming@htu.edu.cn, 2205432344@qq.com, 207281083@qq.com, yushu@nuaa.edu.cn, yong.xiang@deakin.edu.au

Key Words:  Image encryption, Self-sufficient, Plaintext-related, JPEG, Homomorphic encryption


Ming LI, Wenwen ZHOU, Mengdie WANG, Yushu ZHANG, Yong XIANG. SPJEU: a self-sufficient plaintext-related JPEG image encryption scheme based on a unified key[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2025, 26(6): 847-861.

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Abstract: 
In recent research on image encryption, many schemes associate the key generation mechanism with the plaintext to resist chosen plaintext attacks. However, when the sender encrypts many images, a large amount of additional data related to the plaintext need to be transmitted, which leads to problems such as high transmission costs, high requirements for key storage space, and complex key management. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a self-sufficient plaintext-related JPEG image encryption scheme based on a unified key (SPJEU). This scheme establishes the connection between the plaintext and the key by selecting the direct current (DC) coefficients in the JPEG image through a unified key. homomorphic encryption is applied to the selected DC coefficients, allowing plaintext information to be decrypted directly from the ciphertext domain using a specific calculation method. The remaining DC coefficients are encrypted through group diffusion, and the alternating current (AC) coefficients are grouped and permuted based on the run length. Extensive experiments show that our scheme can resist chosen plaintext attacks, avoid transmitting plaintext-related additional data in the communication channel, and simplify key management. This scheme also ensures the security and format compatibility of the ciphertext image, and the file increment after encryption is very small.

SPJEU:一种基于统一密钥自给自足的关联明文JPEG图像加密方案

李名1,2,周文文1,王梦蝶3,张玉书4,项勇5
1河南师范大学计算机与信息工程学院,中国新乡市,453007
2河南省教育人工智能与个性化学习重点实验室,中国新乡市,453007
3安阳职业技术学院信息工程学院,中国安阳市,455099
4南京航空航天大学计算机科学与技术学院/软件学院,中国南京市,211106
5迪肯大学信息技术学院,澳大利亚墨尔本,3125
摘要:在最新的图像加密研究中,为了抵抗选择明文攻击,许多方案将密钥生成过程与明文相关联。然而,当大量图像需要加密时,会有大量与明文相关的附加数据需要传输,从而导致高传输成本、密钥存储空间高要求、密钥管理复杂等问题。因此,本文提出一种基于统一密钥自给自足的明文相关的JPEG图像加密方案(SPJEU)。根据统一密钥选择JPEG图像中的直流系数,使密钥与明文相关联。对选定的直流系数进行同态加密,在密文域通过特定的计算方法实现明文信息的解密。剩余的直流系数采用分组扩散加密,交流系数则按照游程进行分组和排列。大量实验表明,我们的方案不仅可以抵抗选择明文攻击,还避免了在通信信道中传输与明文相关的附加数据,并简化了密钥管理。该方案还能确保密文图像的安全性和格式兼容性,且加密后的文件增量非常小。

关键词:图像加密;自给自足;关联明文;JPEG;同态加密

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