%0 Journal Article %T Keystream Generator Based On Simulated Annealing %A Ayad A. Abdulsalam %J Journal of Applied Computer Science & Mathematics %D 2011 %I Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava %X Advances in the design of keystream generator using heuristic techniques are reported. A simulated annealing algorithm for generating random keystream with large complexity is presented. Simulated annealing technique is adapted to locate these requirements. The definitions for some cryptographic properties are generalized, providing a measure suitable for use as an objective function in a simulated annealing algorithm, seeking randomness that satisfy both correlation immunity and the large linear complexity. Results are presented demonstrating the effectiveness of the method. %K Simulated Annealing %K Stream Cipher %K Keystream Generator %K Randomness %K Linear Complexity %U http://jacs.usv.ro/getpdf.php?issue=10&paperid=107