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Kinebick (DarkCrypt)

128-bit block, 512-bit key cipher from the DarkCrypt Total Commander plugin. Unrolled ARX network with three boolean mixers over four 32-bit words, RC6-style plus RC4-style key schedule driven by a fixed 64x256 substitution table.

Properties

Property Value
Category Block Ciphers
Sub-category Block Cipher
Security status 🎓 Educational Only
Complexity Intermediate
Inventor Alexander Myasnikov (DarkCrypt / Zarya)
Year 2009
Origin 🇷🇺 Russia
Source algorithms/block/darkcrypt-kinebick.js

Parameters

Parameter Supported values
Key sizes 64 bytes (512 bits)
Block sizes 16 bytes (128 bits)

Security

Status: 🎓 Educational Only

Known vulnerabilities

Issue Description Mitigation
Obscure unanalyzed cipher Non-standard proprietary design with no public cryptanalysis. Use AES or another vetted cipher.

Documentation

Test vectors

3 vectors ship with this algorithm and run in the test suite. Byte values are hexadecimal.

Vector 1 — DarkCrypt Kinebick - zero key/plaintext

Field Value
key 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000
input 00000000000000000000000000000000
expected b502d443abf968b5cf116f9b6e0c9c07

Vector 2 — DarkCrypt Kinebick - incrementing key/plaintext

Field Value
key 000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f 101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f 202122232425262728292a2b2c2d2e2f 303132333435363738393a3b3c3d3e3f
input 000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f
expected 1ed6f6e7cfa55283d7b1ee808ae768ec

Vector 3 — DarkCrypt Kinebick - shifted incrementing key/plaintext

Field Value
key 0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10 1112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f20 2122232425262728292a2b2c2d2e2f30 3132333435363738393a3b3c3d3e3f40
input 101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f
expected 71e1c7895cfd14cf3ed882ccb5020c56

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