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HC-256
Sign in to saveHC-256 is a stream cipher designed to provide bulk encryption in software at high speeds while permitting strong confidence in its security. A 128-bit variant was submitted as an eSTREAM cipher candidate and has been selected as one of the four final contestants in the software profile.
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It is catalogued under the topic Stream ciphers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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HC-256 is a stream cipher designed to provide bulk encryption in software at high speeds while permitting strong confidence in its security. A 128-bit variant was submitted as an eSTREAM cipher candidate and has been selected as one of the four final contestants in the software profile.
The algorithm is designed by Hongjun Wu, and was first published in 2004. It is not patented.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HC-256” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.