Feistel cipher

noun

Feistel cipher

noun

Etymology Named after the German-born physicist and cryptographer Horst Feistel.

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Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers. It is an iterated cipher with an internal function called a round function.

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