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XOR Cipher

A simple stream cipher performing byte-wise XOR operations between plaintext and key.

Deprecatedsymmetric

Plaintext / Input Message

Cryptographic Key / Shift

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Output Result

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Data Encryption Standard. A legacy 64-bit block cipher utilizing a 56-bit key size.

Advanced Encryption Standard. A highly secure, standard block cipher supporting key sizes of 128, 192, or 256 bits.

An unbreakable cipher when used with a truly random, single-use key of equal length to the plaintext.

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