--- Crypt-Spritz/README 2015/06/30 00:46:35 1.4 +++ Crypt-Spritz/README 2017/03/05 16:33:55 1.5 @@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ # $cleartext = $aead->decrypt ($ciphertext); $mac = $aead->mac; +WARNING + The best known result (early 2017) against Spritz is a distinguisher + attack on 2**44 outputs with multiple keys/IVs, and on 2**60 outputs + with a single key (see doi:10.1007/978-3-662-52993-5_4 for details). + These are realistic attacks, so Spritz needs to be considered broken, + although for low data applications it should still be useful. + DESCRIPTION This module implements the Spritz spongelike function (with N=256), the spiritual successor of RC4 developed by Ron Rivest and Jacob Schuldt.