Cipherion - An Elliptic Curve Cryptography-Based System for File Transmission

Abstract

Cipherion is an Elliptic Curve Cryptography-based system designed for secure and efficient file transmission. While traditional methods like RSA provide security, they often impose high computational demands. Cipherion addresses this by utilizing Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), which offers equivalent security to RSA with significantly lower overhead. The system employs a hybrid encryption approach: file contents are encrypted using symmetric algorithms (AES, DES, or ChaCha), while ECC facilitates the secure exchange of symmetric keys via the Elliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman (ECDH) protocol. Implemented in Python, the system features a modular design including file validation, key generation, and secure transfer components. Optimized for resource-limited environments such as IoT and mobile platforms, Cipherion provides a lightweight, scalable solution for robust file security.

Introduction

Cipherion is a secure file transmission system designed to protect sensitive data during transfer using Elliptic Curve Cryptography. It addresses the limitations of traditional encryption methods like RSA algorithm, which require high computational resources, by offering equivalent security with smaller key sizes and faster performance.

The system uses a hybrid encryption approach, combining symmetric algorithms such as AES encryption and ChaCha for fast data encryption, while ECC secures the encryption keys. This ensures both efficiency and strong security. It also incorporates Elliptic Curve Diffie–Hellman for secure key exchange and ECDSA for authentication and integrity verification.

The system is implemented in Python using frameworks like Django and cryptographic libraries. Its modular architecture includes components for file validation, key management, encryption, and secure transmission, making it scalable and user-friendly.

The literature review supports ECC’s advantages over RSA, highlighting smaller key sizes, faster computation, and suitability for mobile and IoT environments. It also emphasizes hybrid encryption models and advanced security techniques.

The system workflow includes:

• Secure key exchange using ECDH
• File encryption using symmetric algorithms
• Digital signing for authentication
• Decryption and validation by the receiver

Mathematically, ECC is based on elliptic curve equations and the difficulty of the Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem, ensuring strong security.

Experimental results show that Cipherion performs efficiently across various file types and sizes, offering a lightweight, fast, and secure solution for modern file sharing.

Overall, Cipherion provides a scalable and high-performance cryptographic system that enhances secure communication while reducing computational overhead.

Conclusion

This research successfully designed and implemented Cipherion, a robust hybrid cryptographic framework for secure file sharing. By leveraging ECC for key management and symmetric ciphers for bulk encryption, the system achieves high-level security without the computational overhead of traditional RSA models [2, 10]. The integration of ECDH ensures secure local derivation of shared secrets, while ECDSA provides verifiable authenticity and non-repudiation [4, 8]. Experimental results confirm that the modular architecture reduces latency and maintains stable throughput across file formats, satisfying the requirements of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

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Copyright © 2026 Abhishek Mohanty, Areeb Khan, Nishant Dubey, Pawan Yadav, Prof. Raees Ahmed. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.