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gnu.crypto.prng
Class ICMGenerator

java.lang.Object
  extended by gnu.crypto.prng.BasePRNG
      extended by gnu.crypto.prng.ICMGenerator
All Implemented Interfaces:
IRandom, Cloneable

public class ICMGenerator
extends BasePRNG
implements Cloneable

Counter Mode is a way to define a pseudorandom keystream generator using a block cipher. The keystream can be used for additive encryption, key derivation, or any other application requiring pseudorandom data.

In ICM, the keystream is logically broken into segments. Each segment is identified with a segment index, and the segments have equal lengths. This segmentation makes ICM especially appropriate for securing packet-based protocols.

This implementation adheres to the definition of the ICM keystream generation function that allows for any symetric key block cipher algorithm (initialisation parameter gnu.crypto.prng.icm.cipher.name taken to be an instance of String) to be used. If such a parameter is not defined/included in the initialisation Map, then the "Rijndael" algorithm is used. Furthermore, if the initialisation parameter gnu.crypto.cipher.block.size (taken to be a instance of Integer) is missing or undefined in the initialisation Map, then the cipher's default block size is used.

The practical limits and constraints of such generator are:

NOTE: Rijndael is used as the default symmetric key block cipher algorithm because, with its default block and key sizes, it is the AES. Yet being Rijndael, the algorithm offers more versatile block and key sizes which may prove to be useful for generating longer key streams.

References:

  1. Integer Counter Mode, David A. McGrew.

Version:
$Revision: 1.13 $

Field Summary
static String BLOCK_INDEX_LENGTH
          Property name of ICM's block index length.
static String CIPHER
          Property name of underlying block cipher for this ICM generator.
static String OFFSET
          Property name of ICM's offset.
static String SEGMENT_INDEX
          Property name of ICM's segment index.
static String SEGMENT_INDEX_LENGTH
          Property name of ICM's segment index length.
 
Fields inherited from class gnu.crypto.prng.BasePRNG
buffer, initialised, name, ndx
 
Constructor Summary
ICMGenerator()
          Trivial 0-arguments constructor.
 
Method Summary
 void fillBlock()
           
 void setup(Map attributes)
           
 
Methods inherited from class gnu.crypto.prng.BasePRNG
addRandomByte, addRandomBytes, addRandomBytes, clone, init, isInitialised, name, nextByte, nextBytes, nextBytes
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

CIPHER

public static final String CIPHER
Property name of underlying block cipher for this ICM generator.

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Constant Field Values

BLOCK_INDEX_LENGTH

public static final String BLOCK_INDEX_LENGTH
Property name of ICM's block index length.

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Constant Field Values

SEGMENT_INDEX_LENGTH

public static final String SEGMENT_INDEX_LENGTH
Property name of ICM's segment index length.

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Constant Field Values

OFFSET

public static final String OFFSET
Property name of ICM's offset.

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Constant Field Values

SEGMENT_INDEX

public static final String SEGMENT_INDEX
Property name of ICM's segment index.

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Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

ICMGenerator

public ICMGenerator()
Trivial 0-arguments constructor.

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(Map attributes)
Specified by:
setup in class BasePRNG

fillBlock

public void fillBlock()
               throws LimitReachedException
Specified by:
fillBlock in class BasePRNG
Throws:
LimitReachedException

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