Cryptol is a domain-specific programming language for cryptography developed by the Portland, Oregon based software development firm, Galois, Inc.[1][2] It is free and open-source software released under a BSD 3-clause software license.
| Developer | Galois, Inc. |
|---|---|
| First appeared | 1980 |
| Stable release | 3.2.0
/ August 20, 2024 |
| Implementation language | Haskell, Python |
| Platform | AArch64, x86-64 |
| OS | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| License | BSD 3-clause |
| Website | www |
The language was originally developed for use by the United States National Security Agency.[1][3] The language is also used by private firms that provide information technology systems, such as the American company Rockwell Collins provides to aerospace and defense contractors in the United States.[1]
The programming language is used for all aspects of developing and using cryptography, such as the design and implementation of new ciphers and the verification of existing cryptographic algorithms.[1][2][4] Cryptol is designed to allow a cryptographer to watch how stream processing functions in the program manipulate ciphers or encryption algorithms.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c GoogleBook linkSutcliffe, Geoff; Voronkov, Andrei, eds. (2006). Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Reasoning: 12th International Conference, LPAR 2005, December 2–6, 2005, Proceedings ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). Montego Bay, Jamaica: Springer. p. 744. ISBN 978-3-540-30553-8.
- ^ The Next Wave, High Confidence Software and Systems (HCSS) (PDF), vol. 19, 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14, retrieved 2014-07-07
- ^ Lewis, J.R.; Martin, B. (October 2003). "Cryptol: high assurance, retargetable crypto development and validation". Military Communications Conference, 2003. MILCOM 2003. IEEE. Vol. 2. Boston, Massachusetts: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA); IEEE Communications Society. pp. 820–825. doi:10.1109/MILCOM.2003.1290218. S2CID 8380437.