Lucifer (cipher)

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Cryptography Block ciphers Horst Feistel IBM Data Encryption Standard

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Description of the Sorkin variant

Nibbles Exclusive or Shift register

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Block sizes: 48, 32 or 128 bits
Designers: Horst Feistel et al.
First published: 1971
Key sizes: 48, 64 or 128 bits
Rounds: 16
Structure: Substitution–permutation network, Feistel network

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Cryptography
Block ciphers Block cipher
Horst Feistel
IBM
Data Encryption Standard
Banking
Key Cryptographic key
Substitution–permutation network
S-boxes S-box
Sorkin (1984) Lucifer (cipher)
Feistel network
Differential cryptanalysis
Chosen plaintexts Chosen plaintext
AES process Advanced Encryption Standard process
National Security Agency
Could not handle the longer name Filename

Description of the Sorkin variant

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Lucifer (cipher)

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Block sizes · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → 48, 32 or 128 bits

Designers · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → Horst Feistel et al.

First published · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → 1971

Key sizes · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → 48, 64 or 128 bits

Rounds · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → 16

Structure · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → Substitution–permutation network, Feistel network

Successors · 1

Lucifer (cipher) → DES

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key lucifer feistel bits block one variant left name data version horst ibm uses described operates cipher 4-bit byte encryption

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Lucifer (cipher)	Block sizes	48, 32 or 128 bits	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	Designers	Horst Feistel et al.	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	First published	1971	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	Key sizes	48, 64 or 128 bits	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	Rounds	16	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	Structure	Substitution–permutation network, Feistel network	1.00	infobox
Lucifer (cipher)	Successors	DES	1.00	infobox

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