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Efficient statistical tests, e.g. recently suggested “Book Stack” test, are successfully applied to detect deviations from randomness in bit sequences generated by stream ciphers such as RC4 and ZK-Crypt, as well as by block cipher RC6 (with reduced number of rounds). In case of RC6 a key recovery attack is also mounted. The essence of the tests is briefly described. The experiments data are provided.
The authors were supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant no. 06-07-89025.
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Doroshenko, S., Fionov, A., Lubkin, A., Monarev, V., Ryabko, B., Shokin, Y.I. (2008). Experimental Statistical Attacks on Block and Stream Ciphers . In: Krause, E., Shokin, Y.I., Resch, M., Shokina, N. (eds) Computational Science and High Performance Computing III. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 101. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69010-8_12
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