related ciphers

Many bitstream generators are based on linear feedback shift registers. A widespread technique for the cryptanalysis of those generators is the linear consistency test (LCT). In this paper, we consider an application of the LCT in cryptanalysis of clock-controlled bitstream generators, called clock control guessing. We give a general and very simple method for estimating the eciency of clock control guessing, yielding an upper bound on the e ective key length of a whole group of bitstream generators. Finally, we apply the technique against a number of clock-controlled generators, such as the A5/1, alternating step generator, step1-step2 generator, cascade generator, and others.

In this note we discuss a novel but simple time-memory tradeoff attack against the stream cipher LILI-128. The attack defeats the security advantage of having an irregular stepping function. The attack requires 2

Abstract. In this paper, we introduce the rakaposhi stream cipher. The algorithm is based on Dynamic Linear Feedback Shift Registers, with a simple and potentially scalable design, and is particularly suitable for hardware applications with restricted resources. The rakaposhi stream cipher offers 128-bit security, and aims to complement the current eSTREAM portfolio of hardware-oriented stream ciphers. 1