This paper reduces the number of field multiplications required for scalar multiplication on conservative elliptic curves. For an average 256-bit integer n, this paper’s multiply-by-n algorithm takes just 7.47M per bit on twisted Edwards curves −x + y = 1 + dxy with small d. The previous record, 7.62M per bit, was unbeaten for seven years. Unlike previous record-setting algorithms, this paper’s...

This paper presents new speed records for arithmetic on a large family of elliptic curves with cofactor 3: specifically, 8.77M per bit for 256-bit variable-base single-scalar multiplication when curve parameters are chosen properly. This is faster than the best results known for cofactor 1, showing for the first time that points of order 3 are useful for performance and narrowing the gap to the...

This paper describes a new software-efficient 256-bit hash function, FORK-256. Recently proposed attacks on MD5 and SHA-1 motivate a new hash function design. It is designed not only to have higher security but also to be faster than SHA-256. The performance of the new hash function is at least 30% better than that of SHA-256 in software. And it is secure against any known cryptographic attacks...

This paper evaluates and compares several stream ciphers that use 256-bit keys: counter-mode AES, CryptMT, DICING, Dragon, Fubuki, HC-256, Phelix, Py, Py6, Salsa20, SOSEMANUK, VEST, and YAMB.