Attacks on the RC4 stream cipher

Designs, Codes, and Cryptography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-286

  Klein, Andreas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryptanalysis; RC4; Stream cipher

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS; RC4 ALGORITHM; STREAM CIPHERING;

CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 47749085463     PISSN: 09251022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10623-008-9206-6     Document Type: Article

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