PC1 cipher

This article is about the PC1 cipher used in the Kindle.. For the permuted choice used in the DES cipher, see DES supplementary material § Permuted choice 1 (PC-1).

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader DRM system uses the PC1 cipher, also called the Kindle cipher or Pukall cipher 1.[1]

History

The PC1 cipher was designed by Alexander Pukall in 1991.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Gregor Leander. "Lightweight Block Cipher Design. 2014.
  2. ^ Alex Biryukov, Gaëtan Leurent, Arnab Roy. 'Cryptanalysis of the “Kindle” Cipher'. [1] [2] [3] 2012.
  3. ^ Lars R. Knudsen, Huapeng Wu. "Selected Areas in Cryptography" 2012. p. 86.
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