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COS Ciphers are not "extremely weak"! - The Design Rationale of COS Ciphers

Authors:
Eric Filiol
Caroline Fontaine
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URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2001/080
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Abstract: This note summarizes the results of Babbage's cryptanalysis of COS ciphers and shows that in fact COS ciphers are not weak as claimed. These ciphers have been designed according a novel concept of encryption directly determined by the context of use. This concept is here more precisely defined.
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@misc{eprint-2001-11492,
  title={COS Ciphers are not "extremely weak"! - The Design Rationale of COS Ciphers},
  booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
  keywords={secret-key cryptography / stream cipher,cryptanalysis, COS, Non Linear Feedback Shift Registers, copyright protection},
  url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2001/080},
  note={ Eric.Filiol@inria.fr 11582 received 17 Sep 2001},
  author={Eric Filiol and Caroline Fontaine},
  year=2001
}