Feistel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Horst Feistel
Horst Feistel (January 30, 1915 – November 14, 1990) was a German-American cryptographer who worked on the design of ciphers at IBM, initiating research that culminated in the development of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in the 1970s. The ...
(1915–1990), German American cryptographer
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Feistel cipher
In cryptography, a Feistel cipher (also known as Luby–Rackoff block cipher) is a symmetric structure used in the construction of block ciphers, named after the German-born physicist and cryptographer Horst Feistel, who did pioneering research whi ...
, a construction for designing modern ciphers
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Magdalena Feistel
Magdalena Feistel (born Magdalena Mróz 22 August 1970) is a former Polish tennis player.
She holds the record for most Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, laun ...
(born 1970), Polish tennis player
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German-language surnames