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
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