The NSA's Skipjack block cipher.
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1 /* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * $Id: skipjack.h,v 1.1 2000/07/15 15:39:33 mdw Exp $
4 *
5 * The Skipjack block cipher
6 *
7 * (c) 2000 Straylight/Edgeware
8 */
9
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28 */
29
30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
31 *
32 * $Log: skipjack.h,v $
33 * Revision 1.1 2000/07/15 15:39:33 mdw
34 * The NSA's Skipjack block cipher.
35 *
36 */
37
38 /*----- Notes on the Skipjack block cipher --------------------------------*
39 *
40 * Skipjack was designed by the NSA, as a type II algorithm to be used in the
41 * Clipper system. It was initially classified, so that it couldn't be used
42 * without the key escrow feature, though a team of `respectable'
43 * cryptographers, including Dorothy Denning, had a quick look at it and
44 * pronounced it `good', as if this was meant to be convincing. It is
45 * apparently a particular parameterization of a family which includes type I
46 * algorithms. Since declassification, Biham has discovered a miss-in-the-
47 * middle attack which breaks Skipjack with 31 rounds faster than brute
48 * force.
49 *
50 * This implementation is provided for interest's sake, and possibly for
51 * interoperability, rather than as a good cipher to use.
52 */
53
54 #ifndef CATACOMB_SKIPJACK_H
55 #define CATACOMB_SKIPJACK_H
56
57 #ifdef __cplusplus
58 extern "C" {
59 #endif
60
61 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
62
63 #include <stddef.h>
64
65 #include <mLib/bits.h>
66
67 /*----- Magical numbers ---------------------------------------------------*/
68
69 #define SKIPJACK_BLKSZ 8
70 #define SKIPJACK_KEYSZ 10
71 #define SKIPJACK_CLASS (N, B, 64)
72
73 extern const octet skipjack_keysz[];
74
75 /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/
76
77 typedef struct skipjack_ctx {
78 octet k[10];
79 } skipjack_ctx;
80
81 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
82
83 /* --- @skipjack_init@ --- *
84 *
85 * Arguments: @skipjack_ctx *k@ = pointer to key block
86 * @const void *buf@ = pointer to key buffer
87 * @size_t sz@ = size of key material
88 *
89 * Returns: ---
90 *
91 * Use: Initializes a Skipjack key buffer. The key buffer must be
92 * exactly 10 bytes long.
93 */
94
95 extern void skipjack_init(skipjack_ctx */*k*/,
96 const void */*buf*/, size_t /*sz*/);
97
98 /* --- @skipjack_eblk@, @skipjack_dblk@ --- *
99 *
100 * Arguments: @const skipjack_ctx *k@ = pointer to key block
101 * @const uint32 s[2]@ = pointer to source block
102 * @uint32 d[2]@ = pointer to skipjacktination block
103 *
104 * Returns: ---
105 *
106 * Use: Low-level block encryption and decryption.
107 */
108
109 extern void skipjack_eblk(const skipjack_ctx */*k*/,
110 const uint32 */*s*/, uint32 */*d*/);
111 extern void skipjack_dblk(const skipjack_ctx */*k*/,
112 const uint32 */*s*/, uint32 */*d*/);
113
114 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
115
116 #ifdef __cplusplus
117 }
118 #endif
119
120 #endif