Paper 2014/315 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2014/315 ↗
Statistical weaknesses in 20 RC4-like algorithms and (probably) the simplest algorithm free from these weaknesses - VMPC-R
Abstract
We find statistical weaknesses in 20 RC4-like algorithms including the original RC4, RC4A, PC-RC4 and others. This is achieved using a simple statistical test. We found only one algorithm which was able to pass the test - VMPC-R. This algorithm, being approximately three times more complex then RC4, is probably the simplest RC4-like cipher capable of producing pseudo-random output.
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- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Secret-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2014-05-05: last updated
- 2014-05-04: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2014/315
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/315,
author = {Bartosz Zoltak},
title = {Statistical weaknesses in 20 RC4-like algorithms and (probably) the simplest algorithm free from these weaknesses - VMPC-R},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/315},
year = {2014},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/315}
}