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Confusion and diffusion

In cryptography, confusion and diffusion are two properties of a secure cipher identified by Claude Shannon in his 1945 classified report A Mathematical Theory of Cryptography. These properties, when present, work together to thwart the application of statistics, and other methods of cryptanalysis.

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Confusion and diffusion

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Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
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has application · 11
Confusion and diffusion → AES, BaseKing, Confusion, Design, For, Rijndael, S-box, S-boxes, Serpent, Small S-boxes, Therefore
related to Analysis of AES · 8
Confusion and diffusion → AES, Both, Input, It, Its, None, The, The Advanced Encryption Standard

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Confusion and diffusionhas applicationDesign0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationConfusion0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationS-box0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationTherefore0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationS-boxes0.60section
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Confusion and diffusionhas applicationAES0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationSerpent0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationBaseKing0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationSmall S-boxes0.60section
Confusion and diffusionhas applicationRijndael0.60section
Confusion and diffusionrelated to Analysis of AESThe Advanced Encryption Standard0.60section

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