Feistel cipher

From CryptoDox, The Online Encyclopedia on Cryptography and Information Security

Feistel ciphers are a special class of iterated block ciphers where the ciphertext is calculated from the plaintext by repeated application of the same transformation or round function. Feistel ciphers are also sometimes called DES-like ciphers^[1]

Feistel ciphers are named after IBM cryptographer Horst Feistel; it is also commonly known as a Feistel network.

References

1. ↑ What is a Feistel cipher?

External Links

• Feistel Network at Wikipedia