Paper 2008/473 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2008/473 ↗
Exploring Cipherspace: Combining stream ciphers and block ciphers
Abstract
This paper looks at the possibility of combining a block cipher and a stream cipher to get a strong hybrid cipher. It includes two specific proposals for combining AES-128 and RC4-128 to get a cipher that takes a 256-bit key and is significantly faster than AES-256, and arguably more secure. One is immune to algebraic attacks.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Secret-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2008-11-18: last updated
- 2008-11-18: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2008/473
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2008/473,
author = {Sandy Harris},
title = {Exploring Cipherspace: Combining stream ciphers and block ciphers},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2008/473},
year = {2008},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/473}
}