[Cfrg] FYI: Two new lightweight ciphers (SIMON and SPECK)

Thomas Hardjono <hardjono@MIT.EDU> Wed, 30 January 2013 22:13 UTC

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Subject: [Cfrg] FYI: Two new lightweight ciphers (SIMON and SPECK)
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FYI for those who are interested in lightweight block ciphers.

Today at the MIT Media Lab Legal Hack-a-thon on Identity we had a
great presentation from a couple of designers from the NSA regarding
their new lightweight ciphers called SIMON and SPECK. These ciphers
are designed for low-power limited gate devices (such as RFID and
similar devices).

The MIT Media Lab Hack-a-thon page is here:
http://iauth.org

The NSA presentation is here (You Tube):
http://tinyurl.com/bf6fbju

Their paper (PDF) is here:
http://iauth.org/legal-hack-a-thon/simonspeckperformance-2/



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