Randomness of output is a significant factor in measuring the security of any cryptographic algorithm. A non-random block cipher is vulnerable to any type of attack. This paper presents the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) statistical tests of the 128-bit BA to investigate its randomness. The structure of this algorithm resembles that of the 64-bit Blowfish algorithm, except...

Rising on columns of fire, rockets launched to the moon – and I who'd wished to work with astronauts, am assigned instead to weigh SAC bomber crew immersed in water – measure " lean body mass, " wondered what difference a paunch on a pilot would make sitting in a B52. Silent— eyes hidden behind red goggles, they swaggered in their muscled nakedness into my lab. Dark-adapted to their cockpits, r...