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dc.contributor.authorMcKague, Matthewen
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-22 14:28:53 (GMT)
dc.date.available2006-08-22 14:28:53 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.date.submitted2005en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/1141
dc.description.abstractRC4 is one of the most widely used ciphers in practical software applications. In this thesis we examine security and design aspects of RC4. First we describe the functioning of RC4 and present previously published analyses. We then present a new cipher, Chameleon which uses a similar internal organization to RC4 but uses different methods. The remainder of the thesis uses ideas from both Chameleon and RC4 to develop design strategies for new ciphers. In particular, we develop a new cipher, RC4B, with the goal of greater security with an algorithm comparable in simplicity to RC4. We also present design strategies for ciphers and two new ciphers for 32-bit processors. Finally we present versions of Chameleon and RC4B that are implemented using playing-cards.en
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dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.rightsCopyright: 2005, McKague, Matthew . All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectMathematicsen
dc.subjectcryptographyen
dc.subjectrc4en
dc.subjectsymmetric cipheren
dc.subjectcipheren
dc.titleDesign and Analysis of RC4-like Stream Ciphersen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
uws-etd.degree.departmentCombinatorics and Optimizationen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Mathematicsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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