Feistel cipher

Summary

Feistel cipher ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Feistel cipher is credited with the discovery of Horst Feistel^[2].
• Horst Feistel is named after Feistel cipher^[3].
• Feistel cipher's subclass of is recorded as block cipher^[4].
• Feistel cipher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zh4c^[5].
• Feistel cipher's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Feistel ciphers^[6].
• Feistel cipher's described by source is recorded as Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems, 2nd edition^[7].
• Feistel cipher's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781190650^[8].

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Works and Contributions

Feistel cipher is credited with the discovery of Horst Feistel^[2].

Why It Matters

Feistel cipher ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[9] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[10]