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WG (cipher)

In cryptography, WG is a stream cypher algorithm developed by Guang Gong and Yassir Nawaz. It has been submitted to the eSTREAM Project of the eCRYPT network.

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In cryptography, WG is a stream cypher algorithm developed by Guang Gong and Yassir Nawaz. It has been submitted to the eSTREAM Project of the eCRYPT network.¹

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Nawaz, Yassir; Gong, Guang (2008-04-01). "WG: A family of stream ciphers with designed randomness properties". Information Sciences. 178 (7): 1903–1916. doi:10.1016/j.ins.2007.12.002. ISSN 0020-0255.