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The W7 Stream Cipher Algorithm
draft-thomas-w7cipher-03

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Author Stephen Thomas
Last updated 2002-10-21
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft can be found at:
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thomas-w7cipher-03.txt

Abstract

This document specifies the W7 cipher algorithm. The W7 algorithm is a byte-wide, synchronous stream cipher optimized for efficient hardware implementation at very high data rates. It is a symmetric key algorithm supporting key lengths of 128 bits. In addition to the algorithm specification, this document contains test vectors and a representative software implementation in the C language.

Authors

Stephen Thomas

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