Feistel cipher
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the German-born physicist and cryptographer Horst Feistel.
Noun
[edit]Feistel cipher (plural Feistel ciphers)
- (cryptography) A symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers. It is an iterated cipher with an internal function called a round function.
- Synonym: Feistel network