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IDEA (International Data Encryption Algorithm) |
 | | IDEA, unlike the other block cipher algorithms discussed in this section, is patented by the Swiss firm of Ascom. |
 | | In IDEA, for purposes of multiplication, a 16 bit word containing all zeroes is considered to represent the number 65,536; other numbers are represented in conventional unsigned notation, and multiplication is modulo the prime number 65,537. |
 | | Those that are multiplied in are replaced by their multiplicative inverse, modulo 65,537, in IDEA notation when used to change blocks directly, but those used to calculate the cross-footed F-functions are not changed. |
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