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MULTI2

MULTI2 is a block cipher, developed by Hitachi in 1988. Designed for general-purpose cryptography, its current use is encryption of high-definition television broadcasts in Japan.

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Block sizes
64 bits
Designers
Hitachi
First published
1988
Key sizes
64 bits
Rounds
Variable
Structure
Feistel network

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MULTI2

Nodes15
Edges14
Triples25
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
Components1

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MULTI2

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related to history · 10
MULTI2 → Algorithm, April, CS-Digital, DPS-SIG Information Processing Society, Hitachi, ISO/IEC, Japan1991 Patent, Japan1998 Japanese Patent, Ltd, United States1994 Algorithm
related to Cryptanalysis · 6
MULTI2 → For, Pi3, The, There, XOR, You
related to Cipher details · 2
MULTI2 → It, Scramble
Block sizes · 1
MULTI2 → 64 bits
Designers · 1
MULTI2 → Hitachi
First published · 1
MULTI2 → 1988
Key sizes · 1
MULTI2 → 64 bits
Rounds · 1
MULTI2 → Variable
Structure · 1
MULTI2 → Feistel network
is a · 1
MULTI2 → block cipher

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key block hitachi cipher bits keys pi3 function byte japan algorithm schedule round single means 1988 encryption also bijective first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MULTI2Block sizes64 bits1.00infobox
MULTI2DesignersHitachi1.00infobox
MULTI2First published19881.00infobox
MULTI2Key sizes64 bits1.00infobox
MULTI2RoundsVariable1.00infobox
MULTI2StructureFeistel network1.00infobox
MULTI2is ablock cipher0.90text
MULTI2related to Cipher detailsIt0.60section
MULTI2related to Cipher detailsScramble0.60section
MULTI2related to CryptanalysisThere0.60section
MULTI2related to CryptanalysisThe0.60section
MULTI2related to CryptanalysisPi30.60section

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