Rescuers have lost their lives in events requiring them to go into dangerous areas that have unstable structures, gases and environments. Robots are necessary for search and rescue purposes, to access concealed places and environments that fire fighters and rescue personnel cannot gain entry to. The contractible arms elevating search and rescue (CAESAR) robot was designed and developed to assis...

This memo collects references to published cryptanalytic results which are directly relevant to the security evaluation of CAESAR first round algorithm STRIBOB and its second round tweaked variant, WHIRLBOB. During the first year after initial publication of STRIBOB and WHIRLBOB, no cryptanalytic breaks or other serious issues have emerged. The main difference in the security between the two va...