Horst Feistel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horst Feistel

German cryptographer

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1915

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1990

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician, cryptographer

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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 structure used in DES, called a Feistel network, is commonly used in many block ciphers.