gchq / gchq/CyberChef

Feature request: SOSEMANUK Cipher

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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
The cipher SOSEMANUK is missing

**Describe the solution you'd like**
Please consider adding support for these ciphers

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Using other tools or creating custom one off decoders is the current workaround

**Additional context**
SOSEMANUK: https://www.ecrypt.eu.org/stream/e2-sosemanuk.html

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reading the SOSEMANUK specification linked in the issue and then inspect CyberChef's existing cipher implementations to determine the appropriate entry points and test locations. Done means CyberChef can encode and decode SOSEMANUK correctly, with coverage for the supported cipher behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cryptography
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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