Title :
Cryptanalysis of `Labyrinth´ stream cipher
Author :
Blackburn, S.R. ; Brincat, K. ; Mirza, F. ; Murphy, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., London Univ., UK
fDate :
6/11/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Cryptanalysis of the stream cipher `Labyrinth´, a cipher recently proposed by Lin and Shepherd (1997), is performed. Given only 230 known bits of keystream, the 119 bit key of Labyrinth is recovered in under a second of computation using a DEC Alpha
Keywords :
cryptography; DEC Alpha; Labyrinth; cryptanalysis; stream cipher;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980832
