title: Breaking a secure communication scheme based on the phase synchronization of chaotic systems.
abstract: A security analysis of a recently proposed secure communication scheme based on the phase synchronization of chaotic systems is presented. It is shown that the system parameters directly determine the cipher text waveform, hence it can be readily broken by system parameter estimation from the cipher text signal.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Fisica Aplicada, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 144, 28006-Madrid, Spain. gonzalo@iec.csic.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pastor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romera