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Cryptanalysis of a 32-bit RC4-like Stream Cipher

Authors:
Hongjun Wu
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/219
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Abstract: Nawaz, Gupta and Gong recently proposed a 32-bit RC4-like stream cipher. In this paper, we show that the keystream generated from their stream cipher is not random. The keystream can be distinguished from random with only about 100 outputs (3200 bits) in 2 milliseconds on Intel Centrino 1.6GHz processor.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2005-12554,
  title={Cryptanalysis of a 32-bit RC4-like Stream Cipher},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={secret-key cryptography / stream cipher, cryptanalysis},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2005/219},
  note={ wu.hongjun@esat.kuleuven.be 12971 received 6 Jul 2005, last revised 7 Jul 2005},
  author={Hongjun Wu},
  year=2005
}