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Record 1 1999-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

In cryptography, a shift register in which the digit entered into the first stage is a linear function of current values in the other stages of the register.

OBS

Such shift registers may be employed in the production of pseudorandom numbers or cryptographic bit streams for stream ciphers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI

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