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The Performance of Modern Block Ciphers in JAVA

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Smart Card Research and Applications (CARDIS 1998)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1820))

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This paper explores the question of how fast modern block ciphers can be realized as machine-independent Java implementations. The ciphers we considered include well-known proven ones such as DES and IDEA and recent candidates for the proposed DES-successor AES.

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  1. Praktische Informatik IV, University of Mannheim, 68131, Mannheim, Germany

    Rüdiger Weis

  2. Theoretische Informatik, University of Mannheim, 68131, Mannheim, Germany

    Stefan Lucks

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    Bruce Schneier

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Weis, R., Lucks, S. (2000). The Performance of Modern Block Ciphers in JAVA. In: Quisquater, JJ., Schneier, B. (eds) Smart Card Research and Applications. CARDIS 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1820. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10721064_10

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