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A cryptanalysis is given of a cryptosystem introduced by J.J. Cade, which is based on solving equations over finite fields.
Research by the first two authors partially supported by Australian Research Grants Scheme grant No. F8415183.
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James, N.S., Lidl, R., Niederreiter, H. (1987). Breaking the Cade Cipher. In: Odlyzko, A.M. (eds) Advances in Cryptology — CRYPTO’ 86. CRYPTO 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 263. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47721-7_5
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