Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2003/169

Properties of the Transformation Semigroup of the Solitaire Stream Cipher

Boris Pogorelov and Marina Pudovkina

Abstract: Stream ciphers are often used in applications where high speed and low delay are a requirement. The Solitaire stream cipher was developed by B. Schneier as a paper-and-pencil cipher. Solitaire gets its security from the inherent randomness in a shuffled deck of cards. In this paper we investigate semigroups and groups properties of the Solitaire stream cipher and its regular modifications.

Category / Keywords: secret-key cryptography /

Date: received 12 Aug 2003

Contact author: maricap at online ru

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Short URL: ia.cr/2003/169