Author(s)

Nwe Ni Khin, Thanda Win

Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Yangon Technological University, Yangon, Myanmar.

Nowadays, increased information capacity and transmission processes make information security a difficult problem. As a result, most researchers employ encryption and decryption algorithms to enhance information security domains. As it progresses, new encryption methods are being used for information security. In this paper, a hybrid encryption algorithm that combines the honey encryption algorithm and an advanced DNA encoding scheme in key generation is presented. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) achieves maximal protection and powerful security with high capacity and low modification rate, it is currently being investigated as a potential carrier for information security. Honey Encryption (HE) is an important encryption method for security systems and can strongly prevent brute force attacks. However, the traditional honeyword encryption has a message space limitation problem in the message distribution process. Therefore, we use an improved honey encryption algorithm in our proposed system. By combining the benefits of the DNA-based encoding algorithm with the improved Honey encryption algorithm, a new hybrid method is created in the proposed system. In this paper, five different lookup tables are created in the DNA encoding scheme in key generation. The improved Honey encryption algorithm based on the DNA encoding scheme in key generation is discussed in detail. The passwords are generated as the keys by using the DNA methods based on five different lookup tables, and the disease names are the input messages that are encoded by using the honey encryption process. This hybrid method can reduce the storage overhead problem in the DNA method by applying the five different lookup tables and can reduce time complexity in the existing honey encryption process.

Honey Encryption, DNA Encoding, Hybrid Method, Data Lookup Tables, Time Complexity, Storage Overhead

Khin, N. and Win, T. (2022) A Novel Hybrid Encryption Method Based on Honey Encryption and Advanced DNA Encoding Scheme in Key Generation. Journal of Computer and Communications, 10, 22-36. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2022.109002.