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Nofish - A new stream cipher

Authors:
Marius Oliver Gheorghita
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2009/029
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Abstract: The proposed algorithm is a synchronous stream cipher, more precisely a binary additive stream cipher because it using the XOR function to encrypt the plaintext. The design is based on HENKOS stream cipher (http://eprint.iacr.org/2004/080.pdf), the functions used in the internal state are kept, the initialization and mixing key part being modified with respect to its revealed weaknesses. This stream cipher uses a named key of 64 bytes (512 bits) as a secret key and no initialization vector. Nofish is free to use for any non-commercial purposes, and the reference source code can be found in the appendix.
BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2009-18238,
  title={Nofish - A new stream cipher},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={secret-key cryptography, pseudo-randomness, stream ciphers},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2009/029},
  note={ redwire05@yahoo.com 14262 received 12 Jan 2009, last revised 18 Jan 2009},
  author={Marius Oliver Gheorghita},
  year=2009
}