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Improved RC6 Block Cipher Based on Data Dependent Rotations

Osama S. Faragallah^1,*, Ibrahim F. Elashry², Ahmed AlGhamdi³, Walid El-Shafai⁴, S. El-Rabaie⁴, Fathi E. Abd El-Samie⁴, Hala S. El-sayed⁵, Mohamed A. Elaskily⁶

1 Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
2 Department of Electrical Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
3 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt
5 Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, 32511, Egypt
6 Department of Informatics, Electronic Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: Osama S. Faragallah. Email: