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DFC (cipher)

In cryptography, DFC (Decorrelated Fast Cipher) is a symmetric block cipher which was created in 1998 by a group of researchers from École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, and France Télécom (including Jacques Stern and Serge Vaudenay) and submitted to the AES competition.

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Block sizes
128 bits
Designers
Jacques Stern, Serge Vaudenay, et al.
First published
1998
Key sizes
128, 192, or 256 bits
Related to
COCONUT98
Rounds
8

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DFC (cipher)

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples7
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
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DFC (cipher)

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Block sizes · 1
DFC (cipher) → 128 bits
Designers · 1
DFC (cipher) → Jacques Stern, Serge Vaudenay, et al.
First published · 1
DFC (cipher) → 1998
Key sizes · 1
DFC (cipher) → 128, 192, or 256 bits
Related to · 1
DFC (cipher) → COCONUT98
Rounds · 1
DFC (cipher) → 8
Structure · 1
DFC (cipher) → Feistel network

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dfc vaudenay uses key stern serge aes using bits 256 feistel network fast cipher jacques knudsen rijmen s-box attack retrieved

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DFC (cipher)Block sizes128 bits1.00infobox
DFC (cipher)DesignersJacques Stern, Serge Vaudenay, et al.1.00infobox
DFC (cipher)First published19981.00infobox
DFC (cipher)Key sizes128, 192, or 256 bits1.00infobox
DFC (cipher)Related toCOCONUT981.00infobox
DFC (cipher)Rounds81.00infobox
DFC (cipher)StructureFeistel network1.00infobox

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