Jaap van Tuyll
Retired cryptanalyst, The Netherlands
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Published in: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Historical Cryptology HistoCrypt 2018
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 149:27, p. 153-158
NEALT Proceedings Series 34:27, p. 153-158
Published: 2018-06-13
ISBN: 978-91-7685-252-1
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
This paper explores the design and strength of a feasible electronic ciphermachine that might have been invented in the 1970’s. The design uses linear feedback shift registers, to get a key generator that satisfies some necessary requirements for a secure cryptographic algorithm. The analysis of the strength however, shows that the algorithm can be attacked successfully.
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