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Also known as eXtended TEA

In cryptography, XTEA (eXtended TEA) is a block cipher designed to correct weaknesses in TEA. The cipher's designers were David Wheeler and Roger Needham of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory, and the algorithm was presented in an unpublished technical report in 1997 (Needham and Wheeler, 1997). It is not subject to any patents.

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Block cipher.name
XTEA
Block cipher.image
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Block cipher.caption
Two Feistel rounds (one cycle) of XTEA
Block cipher.designers
Roger Needham, David Wheeler
Block cipher.publish date
1997
Block cipher.derived from
TEA
Block cipher.derived to
Corrected Block TEA
Block cipher.key size
128 bits
Block cipher.block size
64 bits
Block cipher.structure
Feistel cipher
Block cipher.rounds
variable; recommended 64 Feistel rounds (32 cycles)
Block cipher.cryptanalysis
A related-key rectangle attack on 36 rounds of XTEA (Lu, 2009)

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In cryptography, XTEA (eXtended TEA) is a block cipher designed to correct weaknesses in TEA. The cipher's designers were David Wheeler and Roger Needham of the Cambridge Computer Laboratory, and the algorithm was presented in an unpublished technical report in 1997 (Needham and Wheeler, 1997). It is not subject to any patents.

Like TEA, XTEA is a 64-bit block Feistel cipher with a 128-bit key and a suggested 64 rounds. Several differences from TEA are apparent, including a somewhat more complex key-schedule and a rearrangement of the shifts, XORs, and additions.

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