PC1 cipher
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The PC1 cipher, also called the Kindle cipher or Pukall cipher 1, is a block cipher introduced in 1991. It is most prominently used by Amazon, Inc., for their Kindle e-book reader's DRM system.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The PC1 cipher was designed by Alexander Pukall in 1991.[2][3]
Successors
[edit | edit source]Caracachs Cipher formerly known as PC3 Cipher was released in 2000.[4] This algorithm was used by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group. [5]
PC4 was released in 2015. It's a block cipher specifically designed for DMR radio communication systems. It uses 253 rounds and the key size can vary from 8 bits to 2112 bits. The block size is 49 bits, the exact size of an AMBE+ DMR voiceframe.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Gregor Leander. "Lightweight Block Cipher Design. 2014.
- ^ Alex Biryukov, Gaëtan Leurent, Arnab Roy. 'Cryptanalysis of the “Kindle” Cipher'. [1][permanent dead link] [2] [3] 2012.
- ^ Lars R. Knudsen, Huapeng Wu. "Selected Areas in Cryptography" 2012. p. 86.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
