Cryptol is a domain specific programming language for cryptography developed by the Portland, Oregon based software development firm, Galois, Inc..[1][2]
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 the cryptographer to watch how stream processing functions in the program manipulate the ciphers or encryption algorithms.[2]
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^Lewis, JR; Martin, B (October 2003), "Cryptol: high assurance, retargetable crypto development and validation", Military Communications Conference, 2003. MILCOM 2003. IEEE, 2, Boston, Massachusetts: Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the IEEE Communications Society, pp. 820–825, doi:10.1109/MILCOM.2003.1290218
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