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Maskenoza (DarkCrypt)

5-word (160-bit block) ARX cipher from the DarkCrypt Total Commander plugin: 80-round construction over 5 state words with a 4-group rotating boolean function (xor / (NOT.OR).XOR / xor / AND-XOR), an RC5-style + embedded-S-box key schedule, and a secondary RC4-KSA-like table permutation stage. 160-bit block, 512-bit key.

Properties

Property Value
Category Block Ciphers
Sub-category Block Cipher
Security status 🎓 Educational Only
Complexity Expert
Inventor Alexander Myasnikov (DarkCrypt / “Zarya” project)
Year 2013
Origin 🇷🇺 Russia
Source algorithms/block/darkcrypt-maskenoza.js

Parameters

Parameter Supported values
Key sizes 64 bytes (512 bits)
Block sizes 20 bytes (160 bits)

Security

Status: 🎓 Educational Only

Known vulnerabilities

Issue Description Mitigation
Non-standard, unanalyzed design Custom 5-word ARX construction with no public cryptanalysis; unusual RC4-KSA-derived round-key table; not recommended for real use. 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 Maskenoza — zero key/plaintext

Field Value
key 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000
input 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
expected a4ec17eaaad1acbb6f78e90a812490682bfc2a43

Vector 2 — DarkCrypt Maskenoza — incrementing key/plaintext

Field Value
key 000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f 101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f 202122232425262728292a2b2c2d2e2f 303132333435363738393a3b3c3d3e3f
input 000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10111213
expected 855d5abf4bfc45412d597d1d35770dba93b8dccf

Vector 3 — DarkCrypt Maskenoza — shifted incrementing key/plaintext

Field Value
key 0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10 1112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f20 2122232425262728292a2b2c2d2e2f30 3132333435363738393a3b3c3d3e3f40
input 101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f20212223
expected f32bf65dd367edee52b8e08ba69ce4ce54f5a94a

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