@inproceedings{RRSY98, author = { Ronald L. Rivest and M. J. B. Robshaw and R. Sidney and Y. L. Yin }, title = { The {RC6} Block Cipher }, date = { 1998-08-20 }, OPTyear = { 1998 }, OPTmonth = { August 20, }, booktitle = { First Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Conference }, url = { https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.140.6264&rank=3 }, note = { Slides from NIST AES1 (1998-08-21) and AES3 (2000-04-14) conferences. }, abstract = { We introduce the RC6$^{TM}$ block cipher. RC6 is an evolutionary improvement of RC5, designed to meet the requirements of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Like RC5, RC6 makes essential use of data-dependent rotations. New features of RC6 include the use of four working registers instead of two, and the inclusion of integer multiplication as an additional primitive operation. The use of multiplication greatly increases the diffusion achieved per round, allowing for greater security, fewer rounds, and increased throughput. }, }