A Python implementation of ElsieFour (LC4)
Project description
A Python library that implements ElsieFour (LC4) encryption, based on the algorithm in (Alan Kaminsky 2017).
Features
Support for custom alphabets
Optional verbose output that visually shows the steps of the algorithm
Requirements
LC4 supports Python 3.x.
Linux, Mac, and Windows are supported.
Other operating systems may be compatible if NumPy can be properly installed.
Installation
LC4 is available on PyPI, the Python Package Index.
$ pip3 install lc4
Documentation
See documentation.md.
Example Usage
See example.py.
License
The code in this repository has an MIT License.
See LICENSE.
References
Kaminsky, Alan. “ElsieFour: A Low-Tech Authenticated Encryption Algorithm For Human-to-Human Communication,” 2017. https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/339.
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