A simple encryption algorithm

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.3128v1
Subject Areas
Cryptography, Security and Privacy
Keywords
Block Cipher, Cryptography, Symmetric Key
Copyright
© 2017 St. Pierre
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St. Pierre JK. 2017. A simple encryption algorithm. PeerJ Preprints 5:e3128v1

Abstract

In this paper I present a Simple Encryption Algorithm (SEAL), by which 128-bit long blocks can be quickly encrypted/decrypted. The algorithm is designed to run efficiently in software without any specialized hardware while still guaranteeing a strong degree of confidentiality. The cipher is composed entirely of simple bit-wise operations, such as the exclusive or, and modular addition, thereby making it exceedingly easy to implement in most programming languages as well as efficient in terms of performance.

Author Comment

This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.