Comparison of Lightweight Stream Ciphers: MICKEY 2.0, WG-8, Grain and Trivium
Lennart Diedrich, Patrick Jattke, Lulzim Murati, Matthias Senker, Alexander Wiesmaier · TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt) · 2016
In this paper we compare four lightweight stream ciphers, MICKEY 2.0, WG-8, Grain and Trivium, which can be used for data encryption in the Internet of Things. At first we provide a brief overview of each algorithm. This includes their basic functional principle, their different specifications, possible hardware implementations and their complexity. We conclude the overview with a short security evaluation. Finally, we provide a comparison of the algorithms pointing out differences, similarities and their applicability in the Internet of Things.