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Triple DES

cryptology

Also known as: 3DES, TDEA, Triple DEA, Triple Data Encryption Algorithm

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Data Encryption Standard

In Data Encryption Standard
This is known as “triple DES” and involves using two normal DES keys. As proposed by Walter Tuchman of the Amperif Corporation, the encryption operation would be E₁D₂E₁ while decryption would be D₁E₂D₁. Since E_kD_k = D_k
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