gchq/CyberChef

Improvement: Rolling XOR

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#426 opened on Nov 20, 2018

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Description

Summary

An improvement to the XOR operation to support a rolling XOR scheme. In this scheme, the value of the key is incremented by one each time a block is encoded.

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Research direction
Examine the existing XOR operation in CyberChef and implement a rolling variant that increments the key value by one after each block encoding.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScript
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70