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Four events provided much of the inspiration for the design and the cryptanalysis of block ciphers. The first and most significant development was the invention and publication of DES. This was such an intriguing design, particularly given its provenance, that it lead to the development and foundation of the increasingly sophisticated science of block cipher design and cryptanalysis in the open community.
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Knudsen, L.R., Robshaw, M.J.B. (2011). A Short Survey and Six Prominent Ciphers. In: The Block Cipher Companion. Information Security and Cryptography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17342-4_9
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