VMPC Stream Cipher

Bartosz Zoltak

Paper 2003/185

VMPC Stream Cipher

Bartosz Zoltak

Abstract

The VMPC Stream Cipher is a simple encryption algorithm, designed as a proposed practical application of the VMPC one-way function. The general structure of the Cipher is based on an internal 256-element permutation. The VMPC Cipher, together with its Key Scheduling Algorithm, were designed in particular to eliminate some of the known weaknesses characteristic of the alleged RC4 keystream generator.

Note: The paper describes a stream cipher designed by Bartosz Zoltak as a practical application of the VMPC one-way function. New analyses results have been included

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF PS
Category: Secret-key cryptography
Publication info: Published elsewhere. Summary presented at the CRYPTO 2003 Rump Session together with the VMPC one-way function (by Mr. Stuart Haber)
Keywords: stream ciphers keystream generators RC4
Contact author(s): bzoltak @ vmpcfunction com
History: 2003-11-09: last of 3 revisions; 2003-09-08: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2003/185
License: CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2003/185,
      author = {Bartosz Zoltak},
      title = {{VMPC} Stream Cipher},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2003/185},
      year = {2003},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2003/185}
}