Abstract
DLFSR is promising for enhancing the security of stream ciphers. However, good inviolability and statistical properties of the DLFSR generator are only achievable when the parameters of the switching algorithm are properly selected. This paper describes a new experimental method for choosing suitable parameters for the algorithm of switching the polynomial in DLFSR. This method was used to enhance the Grain-128 stream cipher. The randomness of the modified Grain was evaluated using the NIST suite, and the results are encouraging. The modified Grain was also compared to the original, and the results indicated that the modified algorithm outperforms the original in several tests. arabic 12 English 82