This is the home page for eSTREAM, the ECRYPT Stream Cipher Project. This multi-year effort running from 2004 to 2008 has identified a portfolio of promising new stream ciphers. All information on the stream cipher project can be found on this site, including a timetable of the project and further technical background on the project.
We would like to thank everyone that contributed to eSTREAM in any way. For the future, we expect that research on the eSTREAM submissions in general, and the portfolio ciphers in particular, will continue. We therefore welcome any ongoing contributions to any of the eSTREAM submissions. It is also possible that changes to the eSTREAM portfolio might be needed in the future. If so, any future revisions will be made available via these pages.
A list of all announcements can be found here. The most recent ones are listed below:
The eSTREAM Portfolio (April 2008)
The eSTREAM portfolio has been finalised and the following ciphers have been chosen for the portfolio:Profile 1 (SW) Profile 2 (HW) HC-128 F-FCSR-H v2 Rabbit Grain v1 Salsa20/12 MICKEY v2 SOSEMANUK Trivium A short report on the portfolio and the end of eSTREAM can be found here.
Phase 3 candidates:
eSTREAM Phase 2 Report
The eSTREAM report for the end of Phase 2 is available here.Hardware implementations
All of the hardware profile Phase 3 candidates have been implemented and fabricated. More information on Tim Good's eSCARGOT project can be found here.The eSTREAM book
The specifications of all the Phase 3 candidates have been collected into one volume. More information on The eSTREAM Candidates will soon be available here.
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