<s>
In	O
cryptography	O
,	O
CRYPTON	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
block	O
cipher	O
submitted	O
as	O
a	O
candidate	O
for	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Algorithm
Encryption	I-Algorithm
Standard	I-Algorithm
(	O
AES	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CRYPTON	B-Algorithm
algorithm	O
processes	O
blocks	O
of	O
128	O
bits	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
4×4	O
byte	O
arrays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
round	O
transformation	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
steps	O
:	O
byte-wise	O
substitution	O
,	O
column-wise	O
bit	O
permutation	B-Algorithm
,	O
column-to-row	O
transposition	O
and	O
finally	O
key	O
addition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRYPTON	B-Algorithm
uses	O
12	O
rounds	O
of	O
this	O
encryption	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
