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Ascon (cipher)

Ascon is a family of lightweight authenticated ciphers and hash functions that have been selected by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for cryptography on resource-constrained devices in 2025, specified in NIST SP 800-232.

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Block sizes
up to 128 bits, 128 and 64 bits are recommended
Designers
C. Dobraunig, M. Eichlseder, F. Mendel, M. Schläffer
First published
2014
Key sizes
up to 128, 128 bits are recommended
Rounds
6–8 rounds per input word recommended
Structure
sponge construction

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Ascon (cipher)

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples6
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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Ascon (cipher)

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Block sizes · 1
Ascon (cipher) → up to 128 bits, 128 and 64 bits are recommended
Designers · 1
Ascon (cipher) → C. Dobraunig, M. Eichlseder, F. Mendel, M. Schläffer
First published · 1
Ascon (cipher) → 2014
Key sizes · 1
Ascon (cipher) → up to 128, 128 bits are recommended
Rounds · 1
Ascon (cipher) → 6–8 rounds per input word recommended
Structure · 1
Ascon (cipher) → sponge construction

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ascon nist bits lightweight standards technology hash displaystyle encryption authenticated national institute state cipher cryptography devices key caesar gov ciphers

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ascon (cipher)Block sizesup to 128 bits, 128 and 64 bits are recommended1.00infobox
Ascon (cipher)DesignersC. Dobraunig, M. Eichlseder, F. Mendel, M. Schläffer1.00infobox
Ascon (cipher)First published20141.00infobox
Ascon (cipher)Key sizesup to 128, 128 bits are recommended1.00infobox
Ascon (cipher)Rounds6–8 rounds per input word recommended1.00infobox
Ascon (cipher)Structuresponge construction1.00infobox

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