Talk:Data Encryption Standard

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 Definition:  A block cipher specification issued by the U.S. government in 1976, intended for sensitive but unclassified data. It is now obsolescent, succeeded by the Advanced Encryption Standard, but still used in commercial systems. [d] [e]
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Key size

The article currently has "In the submission of proposals to the U.S. government, IBM proposed a 64-bit key". Can we document that? Other references I've seen, including one I've just added to the article and Applied Cryptography p 267, all give Lucifer key size as 128 bits. This does not necessarily mean the quoted assertion is wrong, but it does raise questions. Sandy Harris 02:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

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