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Phelix

Phelix is a high-speed stream cipher with a built-in single-pass message authentication code (MAC) functionality, submitted in 2004 to the eSTREAM contest by Doug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Frédéric Muller. The cipher uses only the operations of addition modulo 232, exclusive or, and rotation by a fixed number of bits. Phelix uses a…

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Designers
Doug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Frédéric Muller
First published
2004
Key sizes
256 bits
Speed
8 cycles per byte on modern x86-based processors (claimed)

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Phelix

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples81
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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related to References · 39
Phelix → ACISP, Addition, Addition With Batch Queries, Authentication, Bart Preneel, Benaissa, Bruce Schneier, Chelton, Chosen-key Distinguishing Attack, Differential Attacks, Differential Equations, Doug Whiting, Fast Encryption, Fast Software Encryption, Frédéric Muller, FSE, Full, Good, Hadi Ahmadi, Helix
related to Helix · 16
Phelix → ACP, Bart Preneel, Bruce Schneier, CP, CP's, Doug Whiting, Frédéric Muller, Helix, In, John Kelsey, Muller's, Niels Ferguson, Souradyuti Paul, Stefan Lucks, Tadayoshi Kohno, The
related to External links · 9
Phelix → August, Bart Preneel Archived, Differential Attacks, Frédéric Muller, Helix Stream Cipher, Hongjun Wu, July, Phelix Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Security · 9
Phelix → Doug Whiting, Focus Candidate, October, Phase, Preneel's, Profile, The, This, Wu
related to Performance · 3
Phelix → FPGA Hardware, Review, The
Designers · 1
Phelix → Doug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Frédéric Muller
First published · 1
Phelix → 2004
Key sizes · 1
Phelix → 256 bits
Speed · 1
Phelix → 8 cycles per byte on modern x86-based processors (claimed)
is a · 1
Phelix → high-speed stream cipher with a built-in single-pass message authentication code

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cipher attack differential helix preneel whiting muller paper attacks doug schneier lucks frédéric bits key estream authors bart stream published

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PhelixDesignersDoug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Frédéric Muller1.00infobox
PhelixFirst published20041.00infobox
PhelixKey sizes256 bits1.00infobox
PhelixSpeed8 cycles per byte on modern x86-based processors (claimed)1.00infobox
Phelixis ahigh-speed stream cipher with a built-in single-pass message authentication code0.90text
Phelixrelated to External linksPhelix Archived0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksJuly0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksDifferential Attacks0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksHongjun Wu0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksBart Preneel Archived0.60section
Phelixrelated to External linksAugust0.60section

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