Image Encryption Techniques Using Fractal Function : A Review

An increasing demand of secure data transmission over internet leads to the challenge of implementing a
consistent cryptosystem. In 2004, USA navy published the patent which highlights the importance of fractal
as an encryption/decryption key in a cryptosystem [1]. Fractal possess butterfly effect i.e. sensitivity to
initial condition, due to which small change in input produces a major change in output. This paper
summarizes the various recent image encryption techniques in which fractal key is used to encrypt/decrypt
followed by substitution, scrambling and diffusion techniques to provide strong cryptosystem.