IDEA NXT


In cryptography, the IDEA NXT algorithm is a block cipher designed by Pascal Junod and Serge Vaudenay of EPFL. It was conceived between 2001 and 2003. The project was originally named FOX and was published in 2003. In May 2005 it was announced by MediaCrypt under the name IDEA NXT. IDEA NXT is the successor to the International Data Encryption Algorithm and also uses the Lai-Massey scheme. MediaCrypt AG holds patents on elements of IDEA and IDEA NXT. The cipher is specified in two configurations: NXT64 and NXT128.