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In cryptography, KHAZAD is a block cipher designed by Paulo S. L. M. Barreto together with Vincent Rijmen, one of the designers of the Advanced Encryption Standard (Rijndael). KHAZAD is named after Khazad-dûm, the fictional dwarven realm in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien (see also Khazad). KHAZAD was presented at the first NESSIE workshop in 2000, and…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAZAD | Block sizes | 64 bits | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | Derived from | SHARK | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | Designers | Vincent Rijmen and Paulo S. L. M. Barreto | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | First published | 2000 | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | Key sizes | 128 bits | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | Rounds | 8 | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | Structure | Substitution–permutation network | 1.00 | infobox |
| KHAZAD | is a | block cipher designed by Paulo S | 0.90 | text |
| DES | instance of | in common with older ciphers | 0.80 | text |
| IDEA | instance of | in common with older ciphers | 0.80 | text |
| KHAZAD | related to External links | Paulo | 0.60 | section |
| KHAZAD | related to External links | Barreto | 0.60 | section |
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