Which of the following encryption algorithms is based on the Fiestal structure?

2013

Which of the following encryption algorithms is based on the Fiestal structure?

  1. A.

    Advanced Encryption Standard

  2. B.

    RSA public key cryptographic algorithm

  3. C.

    Data Encryption Standard

  4. D.

    RC4

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Correct answer: C

The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is a symmetric block cipher that explicitly utilizes the Feistel network structure for its encryption rounds. In contrast, AES employs a Substitution-Permutation Network rather than Feistel. Since RSA is asymmetric and RC4 is a stream cipher, neither fits the description of a Feistel-based block cipher.

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