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Pike (cipher)

The Pike stream cipher was invented by Ross Anderson to be a "leaner and meaner" version of FISH after he broke FISH in 1994. Its name is supposed to be a humorous allusion to the pike fish.

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fish generators fibonacci pike ross anderson cipher three 1994 lagged a5 control carry bits keystream stream invented leaner meaner version

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