Horst Feistel
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Horst Feistel was a German-born cryptographer best known for pioneering the Feistel network structure used in many modern block ciphers, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES).
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horst Feistel canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
German-American
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computer scientist ⓘ cryptographer ⓘ |
| birthName | Horst Feistel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | German-born ⓘ |
| contributedTo | design of the Data Encryption Standard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| developed |
Feistel network
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Lucifer cipher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Feistel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cryptography
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information security ⓘ |
| givenName | Horst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Feistel cipher structure
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Feistel network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
influenced design of DES-like ciphers
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used as basis for many modern block ciphers ⓘ |
| influenced |
block cipher design
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modern symmetric-key cryptography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to block cipher design
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pioneering the Feistel network structure ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Data Encryption Standard
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Feistel network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cryptographer
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researcher at IBM ⓘ |
| partOf | IBM cryptography research group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Yorktown Heights, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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