NAME
Crypt::RC6 - Crypt::CBC compliant RC6 block cipher encryption module
SYNOPSIS
use Crypt::RC6;
my $cipher = new Crypt::RC6 $key;
my $ciphertext = $cipher->encrypt($plaintext);
my $plaintext = $cipher->decrypt($ciphertext);
DESCRIPTION
From THE RC6 BLOCK CIPHER, by Rivest, Robshaw, Sidney, and Yin...
"RC6 is an evolutionary improvement of RC5, designed to meet the
requirements of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Like RC5,
RC6 makes essential use of data-dependent rotations. New features
of RC6 include the use of four working registers instead of two,
and the inclusion of integer multiplication as an additional primitive
operation. The use of multiplication greatly increases the diffusion
achieved per round, allowing for greater security, fewer rounds, and
increased throughput."
This implementation requires the use of a 16-, 24-, or 32-byte key
and 16-byte blocks for encryption/decryption. Twenty rounds are performed.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
John Hughes (jhughes@frostburg.edu)
I am indebted to Marc Lehmann, the author of the Crypt::Twofish2
module, as I used his code as a guide.