EURASIP Journal on Information Security 
Volume 2007 (2007), Article ID 94565, 20 pages
doi:10.1155/2007/94565
Research Article

Format-Compliant JPEG2000 Encryption in JPSEC: Security, Applicability, and the Impact of Compression Parameters

Dominik Engel, Thomas Stütz, and Andreas Uhl

 Department of Computer Sciences, Salzburg University, Jakob-Haringerstr. 2, Salzburg 5020, Austria
Received 30 March 2007; Revised 2 July 2007; Accepted 22 October 2007

Recommended by E. Magli

Abstract

JPEG2000 encryption has become a widely discussed topic and quite a number of contributions have been made. However, little is known about JPEG2000 compression parameters and their influence on the security and performance of format, compliant encryption schemes. In this work, a thorough analysis of this topic is presented with a focus on format-compliant packet body encryption as sketched in the FCD 15444-8 (JPSEC). A proof for the reversibility of JPSEC format-compliant packet body encryption is given. As format-compliant packet body encryption preserves the JPEG2000 headers, which severely compromises the security, we additionally discuss packet header encryption with a special focus on format compliance and the influence of compression parameters on these schemes.