=ADD=
=reftype=
14
=number=
01-24
=url=
ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/techreports/2001/01-24.ps.gz
=year=
2001
=month=
06
=author=
Sirbu; Lucia
=title=
Cryptosystems Based on Cellular Automata: A Short Survey 
=abstract=
Cellular automata are massively parallel computing devices modeling natural
systems that consist of large collections of simple objects (cells)
interacting locally with each other.  They have recently gained popularity as
discrete dynamical systems  (a discrete dynamical system being a system whose
state evolves over time). 
The low speed of decryption/encryption causes often big problems with
practical implementation of cryptosystems. Cellular automata are inherently
parallel which makes their parallel implementations natural. They can be
counted on to deliver high encryption/decryption rates at low cost.
This paper offers a brief state of the art in this area.
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