Threefish

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Overview

Symmetric-key Tweakable block cipher Skein hash function NIST hash function competition S-boxes

16 related topics

Security

Rotational cryptanalysis Rebound attack Known-key distinguisher Skein Key schedule

6 related topics

Description of the cipher

Bits Little endian Integers Tuple Diffusion

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Block sizes: 256, 512 or 1024 bits
Designers: Bruce Schneier, Niels Ferguson, Stefan Lucks, Doug Whiting, Mihir Bellare, Tadayoshi Kohno, Jon Callas, Jesse Walker
First published: 2008
Key sizes: 256, 512 or 1024 bits (key size is equal to block size)
Related to: Blowfish, Twofish
Rounds: 72 (80 for 1024-bit block size)

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Overview

Description of the cipher

Bits Bit
Little endian
Integers Integer
Tuple
Diffusion Confusion and diffusion

Security

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Nodes31

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Triples29

Avg. degree1.94

Density0.064516

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Threefish

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related to Security · 11

Threefish → February, For, In, In October, It, NIST, Skein, The, This, Threefish-256, Threefish-512

related to Key schedule · 4

Threefish → After, Also, The, To

related to A full Threefish round · 3

Threefish → Threefish1024, Threefish256, Threefish512

related to Description of the cipher · 3

Threefish → All, Little, The

Block sizes · 1

Threefish → 256, 512 or 1024 bits

Designers · 1

Threefish → Bruce Schneier, Niels Ferguson, Stefan Lucks, Doug Whiting, Mihir Bellare, Tadayoshi Kohno, Jon Callas, Jesse Walker

First published · 1

Threefish → 2008

Key sizes · 1

Threefish → 256, 512 or 1024 bits (key size is equal to block size)

Related to · 1

Threefish → Blowfish, Twofish

Rounds · 1

Threefish → 72 (80 for 1024-bit block size)

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Important terminology

displaystyle key function words skein round attack rounds hash also published cipher time attacks designed uses mix block bits data

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Threefish	Block sizes	256, 512 or 1024 bits	1.00	infobox
Threefish	Designers	Bruce Schneier, Niels Ferguson, Stefan Lucks, Doug Whiting, Mihir Bellare, Tadayoshi Kohno, Jon Callas, Jesse Walker	1.00	infobox
Threefish	First published	2008	1.00	infobox
Threefish	Key sizes	256, 512 or 1024 bits (key size is equal to block size)	1.00	infobox
Threefish	Related to	Blowfish, Twofish	1.00	infobox
Threefish	Rounds	72 (80 for 1024-bit block size)	1.00	infobox
Threefish	Speed	6.1 cpb on Core 2.	1.00	infobox
Threefish	is a	symmetric-key tweakable block cipher designed as part of the Skein hash function	0.90	text
Threefish	related to A full Threefish round	Threefish256	0.60	section
Threefish	related to A full Threefish round	Threefish512	0.60	section
Threefish	related to A full Threefish round	Threefish1024	0.60	section
Threefish	related to Description of the cipher	Little	0.60	section

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