Stream Ciphers(example -- binary cipher)

key: k

input: M1M2 M3 M4…

key stream: k1 k2 k3 k4…

cipher stream: C1 C2C3 C4…

Ci = ki xor Mi

key stream ki depends on k and possibly M1M2 ... Mi-1

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