Flutter-Automata-2

Updates/Additions since 1.0.0:

• Added a new "Encryption Key" generation feature which uses the state of the board in a given generation to generate symmetric encryption
  keys. Access this experimental feature via the main menu.

• These encryption keys are generated using the current state of the Cellular Automaton :

  • At the time of key generation, the current state/generation of the cellular automaton is converted into a binary string--> 1 for alive/0 for
    dead.
  • This binary string is then divided into substrings of 12, and each substring is converted into it's decimal equivalent number.
  • These numbers are then each encoded into a character. A string of jargon characters is thus generated. This string is then split into two
    halves which are used to generate the secret key, and initialization vector.
  • Each of these two halves then undergo UTF-8 encoding and SHA-256 hashing.
  • The first 16 bytes of the two halves are then converted into the key and IV respectively.

• The algorithm used to test the symmetric key so-generated is AES(Advanced Encryption Standard). I used the
  encrypter package for implementing the AES algorithm, since my purpose was only to showcase key
  generation, not re-implement any encryption algorithm itself.

Flutter Automata

Flutter Automata

Description:

• An app to view 2D cellular automatons of upto 70 * 70 (4900 cells).
• First release, will be improved overtime.
• Current automaton logic required heavy optimization, and I am working on this- I am unsure of whether the automation logic should be
  done on a seperate isolate or should be an asynchronous process- it is currently the latter.
• The "Change color scheme feature" has not been implemented yet, future releases will add this.
• Please keep in mind that grid above 50*50(2500 cells) gradually cause the app to have "janky performance".
  This will be fixed in the future.
• Default rules are (2,5,3)[Lower bound, Upper Bound, Ressurection Bound]-->These can be changed via the menu.