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MICKEY 2.0 (DarkCrypt)

MICKEY 2.0 mutual irregular-clocking stream cipher, 128-bit key / 128-bit IV variant with 160-bit R and S registers (DarkCrypt’s “Mickey 128 bit”). Both registers clock every step, each choosing between two shift rules via cross-register control bits, matching the published MICKEY 2.0 construction scaled up. As implemented in the DarkCrypt Total Commander plugin.

Properties

Property	Value
Category	Stream Ciphers
Sub-category	Stream Cipher
Security status	🎓 Educational Only
Complexity	Advanced
Inventor	Steve Babbage, Matthew Dodd (Vodafone Group R&D); DarkCrypt build by Alexander Myasnikov
Year	2005
Origin	🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Source	algorithms/stream/darkcrypt-mickey.js

Parameters

Parameter	Supported values
Key sizes	16 bytes (128 bits)
Nonce sizes	16 bytes (128 bits)

Security

Status: 🎓 Educational Only

No vulnerabilities are recorded for this implementation.

Documentation

• eSTREAM MICKEY Page
• The Stream Cipher MICKEY 2.0 (Babbage and Dodd)
• DarkCrypt plugin (Total Commander PlugRing)

References

• DarkCrypt / Zarya Total Commander plugin

Test vectors

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

Vector 1 — DarkCrypt Mickey – sequential key, zero IV, 128 zero bytes

Field	Value
key	000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f
iv	00000000000000000000000000000000
input	00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000
expected	ca56d02c4ce8ce73d6d4c006eed71bd4 5e4127655d6436243dffa66725c88d85 a226bce37d9163b0a97359c1363a7208 504d5ece00d6f92865c7abadd32dbb16 11e6f343329cab72c22efef487cfd708 8ca91049c0ebf143ed90bedecb4903f1 bce8be313eb3203a0fbf727de4f01da0 51074a46b3fdae6456d5bdc112cb6ffe

Vector 2 — DarkCrypt Mickey – sequential key, zero IV, incrementing 64-byte input (fresh setup)

Field	Value
key	000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f
iv	00000000000000000000000000000000
input	000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f 101112131415161718191a1b1c1d1e1f 202122232425262728292a2b2c2d2e2f 303132333435363738393a3b3c3d3e3f
expected	ca57d22f48edc874deddca0de2da15db 4e5035764971203325e6bc7c39d5939a 82079ec059b44597815a73ea1a175c27 607c6cfd34e3cf1f5dfe9196ef108529

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