What does W7 in 'W7 stream cipher' stand for?

[Fiona Rozario]

The W7 is a stream cipher or a key stream generator. What does W7 stand for?

 

[fresh_42]

The W7 is a stream cipher or a key stream generator. What does W7 stand for?

Here's the original paper:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomas-w7cipher-01

So maybe it is W for wave and 7 for its bit length $2^7=128$. But more likely is, that it is due to the fact that two main authors (Thomas and Anthony) did their research under Wave7 Optics Inc. (cp. http://www.manta.com/c/mbyckx0/wave7-optics-inc and http://www.techonline.com/directory/wave7-optics). Maybe both sevens are of the same origin though. However, it looks a bit like a thing of the past.

 

[Fiona Rozario]

Thanks a lot!