Latest stream cipher considered reasonably secure & easy to implement?
- by hythlodayr
(A)RC4 used to fit the bill, since it was so simple to write. But it's also less-than-secure these days.
I'm wondering if there's a successor that's:
Code is small enough to write & debug within an hour or so, using pseudo code as a template.
Still considered secure, as of 2010.
Optimized for software.
Not encumbered by licensing issues.
I can't use crypto libraries, otherwise all of this would be moot. Also, I'll consider block algorithms though I think most are pretty hefty.
Thanks.