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Private-Key Ciphersbased on Combinatorial DesignsCAIAF2011D. E. SimosPrivate-KeyCryptosystemsMotivationCryptographicAlgorithmsEncryptionSchemesCryptanalysisConclusionMotivationThe algorithms for encryption and decryption (in CombinatorialDesigns) are of reasonable lengthExploit the mathematical structure of the designs to harvestcryptographic design principlesSimilaritiesHill cipher, i.e. using the incidence matrix of a combinatorialdesign for encryption and decryptionBlock ciphers, i.e. Blowfish, 3DES5 / 26