Programming
LaTeX
Here is LaTeX package to draw easily and quickly differential paths such as the ones below.
Version 0.1:
Download here (sty+examples).
Example of LaTeX code for the first picture of this page (four AES rounds):
\begin{tikzpicture}
\defineStateSize{4}
\defineArrowLength{3}
\defineXGap{0}
\defineYGap{2}
\defineStateIndex{1}
\defineLinkRound{1}
\initdiffpath
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% round 1
\colorstate{
B...
....
....
....
}{SB}
\colorstate{
B...
....
....
....
}{SR}
\colorstate{
B...
....
....
....
}{MC}
\colorstate{
B...
B...
B...
B...
}{AK}
\colorstate{
B...
B...
B...
B...
}{0}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% round 2
\colorstate{
B...
B...
B...
B...
}{SB}
\colorstate{
B...
B...
B...
B...
}{SR}
\colorstate{
B...
...B
..B.
.B..
}{MC}
\colorstate{
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
}{AK}
\colorstate{
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
}{0}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% round 3
\colorstate{
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
}{SB}
\colorstate{
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
}{SR}
\colorstate{
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
BBBB
}{MC}
\colorstate{
B...
.B..
..B.
...B
}{AK}
\colorstate{
B...
.B..
..B.
...B
}{0}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% round 4
\colorstate{
B...
.B..
..B.
...B
}{SB}
\colorstate{
B...
.B..
..B.
...B
}{SR}
\colorstate{
B...
B...
B...
B...
}{MC}
\colorstate{
B...
....
....
....
}{AK}
\colorstate{
B...
....
....
....
}{0}
\end{tikzpicture}