DECIM

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates In cryptography, DECIM is a stream cypher algorithm designed by Come Berbain, Olivier Billet, Anne Canteaut, Nicolas Courtois, Blandine Debraize, Henri Gilbert, Louis Goubin, Aline Gouget, Louis Granboulan, Cédric Lauradoux, Marine Minier, Thomas Pornin and Hervé Sibert.Template:Sfnp

DECIM algorithm was partly patented but its authors wished for it to remain freely available.Template:Sfnp It has been submitted to the eSTREAM Project of the eCRYPT network.Template:Sfnp

History

DECIM was announced in 2005.Template:Sfnp In 2006 two flaws were identified which could leave the encrypted ciphertext vulnerable to attack.Template:Sfnp A revised version of cipher, DECIM v2, as well as a 128-bit security version were developed,Template:Sfnp both proving vulnerable to attack.Template:Sfnp

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