English Explanatory Dictionary

Feistel cipher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers. It is an iterated cipher with an internal function called a round function.

Word forms

Feistel cipher Feistel ciphers

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Feistel network
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