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Gustavus J. Simmons
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Former Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Manager, Applied Mathematics Department, 1971–87. Researcher in command and control of nuclear weapons. Author of numerous articles on cryptology and authentication.

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DES flow diagram
Data Encryption Standard (DES), an early data encryption standard endorsed by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (NBS; now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). It was phased out at the start of the 21st century by a more secure encryption standard, known as the Advanced…
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