Diamond 2

Designer:

Michael Paul Johnson

1995

References:

• [Def] Michael Paul Johnson,
• "The Diamond2 Block Cipher,"
• "Beyond DES: Data Compression and the MPJ Encryption Algorithm,"
• Master's Thesis at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1989.
• Impl, Test] Michael Paul Johnson,
• Parameters:
• Integer rounds [creation/read, no default] - the number of rounds to be performed (minimum 10)
• Key length: Minimum 8, maximum 65536, multiple of 8 bits; default 128 bits.
• Block size: 16 bytes.

Comments:

• The paper "The Diamond2 Block Cipher" does not appear to specify a recommended number of rounds, only a minimum number of rounds. For that reason, the rounds.
• The "Diamond2 Lite" variant does not have a standard name.