====== FASER ======

===== The Algorithm =====
  * Author(s): Faith Chaza, Cameron McDonald, Roberto Avanzi
  * CAESAR submission: [[http://competitions.cr.yp.to/round1/faserv1.pdf|FASER]]
  * [[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=32.904506,-117.193953&num=1&t=m&z=17|Location]]

===== Status =====
FASER was withdrawn by the designers with the following message:

> Thanks Xiutao for the analysis. Thanks Dan for organising.
> Please remove FASER from the competition, drag it out the back, and shoot it in the head.

===== Cryptanalysis =====
^ Type ^ Authors ^ Reference ^
| Key-recovery attack | Xiutao Feng and Fan Zhang | [[http://www.amss.ac.cn/xwdt/kydt/201404/t20140411_4088765.html|Paper]] |
| Correlation attack | Chao Xu, Bin Zhang and Willi Meier | [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/crypto-competitions/faser/crypto-competitions/ytwJ43GMJuQ/bA6WM4E1CLsJ|Cryptographic competitions]] |