Stream Ciphers

• Main Author: Klein, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Algorithms.; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science.

In cryptography, ciphers is the technical term for encryption and decryption algorithms. They are an important sub-family that features high speed and easy implementation and are an essential part of wireless internet and mobile phones.   Unlike block ciphers, stream ciphers work on single bits or s...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Stream Ciphers
• Linear Feedback Shift Registers
• Non-linear Combinations of LFSRs
• Correlation Attacks
• BDD-Based Attacks
• Algebraic Attacks
• Irregular Clocked Shift Registers
• The Security of Mobile Phones (GSM)
• RC4 and Related Ciphers
• The eStream Project
• The Blum-Blum-Shub Generator and Related Ciphers
• Mathematical Background
• Part IV Exercises with Solutions.