Two constructions of balanced Boolean functions with optimal algebraic immunity, high nonlinearity and good behavior against fast algebraic attacks

In this paper, two constructions of Boolean functions with optimal algebraic immunity are proposed. They generalize previous ones respectively given by Rizomiliotis (IEEE Trans Inf Theory 56:4014–4024, 2010) and Zeng et al. (IEEE Trans Inf Theory 57:6310–6320, 2011) and some new functions with desired properties are obtained. The functions constructed in this paper can be balanced and have optimal algebraic degree. Further, a new lower bound on the nonlinearity of the proposed functions is established, and as a special case, it gives a new lower bound on the nonlinearity of the Carlet-Feng functions, which is slightly better than the best previously known ones. For $$n\le 19$$n≤19, the numerical results reveal that among the constructed functions in this paper, there always exist some functions with nonlinearity higher than or equal to that of the Carlet-Feng functions. These functions are also checked to have good behavior against fast algebraic attacks at least for small numbers of input variables.

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