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Khufu

A patented, symmetric block cipher designed by Ralph C. Merkle as a plug-in replacement for DES. [Schn]

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Jan 06, 2026

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A patented, symmetric block cipher designed by Ralph C. Merkle as a plug in replacement for DES. [Schn] Tutorial: Khufu was designed for fast encryption of large amounts of data. However, because Khufu precomputes tables used in encryption, it is less efficient than Khafre for small amounts of data.

A patented, symmetric block cipher designed by Ralph C. Merkle as a plug-in replacement for DES. [Schn]

Tutorial: Khufu was designed for fast encryption of large amounts of data. However, because Khufu precomputes tables used in encryption, it is less efficient than Khafre for small amounts of data.

IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)

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IETF RFC 4949 (Internet Security Glossary)
Accessed Jan 06, 2026Quoted
RFC 4949 — Internet Security Glossary (Version 2)
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4949.txt
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Source: IETF RFC 4949 (rfc-editor.org).