Walter Tuchman
Encyclopedia
Walter Tuchman led the Data Encryption Standard
development team at IBM
. He was also responsible for the development of Triple DES
.
Data Encryption Standard
The Data Encryption Standard is a block cipher that uses shared secret encryption. It was selected by the National Bureau of Standards as an official Federal Information Processing Standard for the United States in 1976 and which has subsequently enjoyed widespread use internationally. It is...
development team at IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
. He was also responsible for the development of Triple DES
Triple DES
In cryptography, Triple DES is the common name for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm block cipher, which applies the Data Encryption Standard cipher algorithm three times to each data block....
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See also
- Horst FeistelHorst FeistelHorst Feistel was a German-born cryptographer who worked on the design of ciphers at IBM, initiating research that would culminate in the development of the Data Encryption Standard in the 1970s....