Triple DES
nounid
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An implementation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm that uses three passes of the DES algorithm instead of one as used in ordinary DES applications. Triple DES provides much stronger encryption than ordinary DES but it is less secure than AES.
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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- 3DES
- plural
- Triple DESES
- possessive
- Triple DES's
- pluralpossessive
- Triple DESES'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A block cipher, based on DES, that transforms each 64-bit plaintext block by applying the Data Encryption Algorithm three successive times, using either two or three different keys, for an effective key length of 112 or 168 bits.
- §1
- A block cipher created from the Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher by using it three times
- §1
- An implementation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm that uses three passes of the DES algorithm instead of one as used in ordinary DES applications. Triple DES provides much stronger encryption than ordinary DES but it is less secure than AES.
- §1
- An implementation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm that uses three passes of the DES algorithm instead of one as used in ordinary DES applications. Triple DES provides much stronger encryption than ordinary DES but it is less secure than AES.
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