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Skipjack Algorithm

Cryptographic Algorithm

Skipjack is a block cipher developed by the United States National Security Agency for encryption. It was initially a classified algorithm developed for use in the Clipper chip, and it was declassified in 1998.

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Linear Time -- O(n) 1
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Skipjack (cipher) (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Block Cipher, Lead paragraph: 'Skipjack is a block cipher ... developed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA)'.
  • In Field: Cryptography, Lead sentence
    Skipjack is a block cipher - an algorithm for encryption - developed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA).
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