Abstract: A system and methods are provided for encrypting and decrypting data payloads, receiving an unencrypted data payload; generating a random seed value; generating in FPGA firmware an encryption hash key from seed parameters including the seed value, XORing the encryption hash key with the unencrypted data payload to generate an encrypted data payload; transmitting the encrypted data packet with the seed value and the encrypted data payload to a second FPGA that regenerates the hash key from the see parameters and XORing the hash key with the encrypted data payload to regenerate an unencrypted data payload.