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What is Stream Cipher

Chapter 413
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A cipher that works by generating a pseudo-random bit stream, with the same length of the information to be ciphered. The pseudo-random bit stream and the information are combined, typically by means of the XOR operation, generating the ciphertext.
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A Survey of Attack Mechanisms on Infrastructure-Mode 802.11 Wireless Networks and Their Detection
Juan Manuel Madrid (Universidad Icesi, Colombia)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch413
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Chapter 11
Cryptography for Information Security
Also called one time pad system (Vernam Cipher), it is a symmetric type, where plain text bits are combined with a key stream bits using exclusive, or XOR, operation.
Published in Chapter: Cryptography for Information Security; From: Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance
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Chapter 12
Memory Corruption Attacks, Defenses, and Evasions
Symmetric cryptography whose encryption and decryption operations typically consist in XOR’ing a secret key with plain text bits and cipher text bits, respectively.
Published in Chapter: Memory Corruption Attacks, Defenses, and Evasions; From: Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance
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