Skipjack

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In cryptography, Skipjack is a block cipher — an algorithm for encryption — developed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA). Initially a classified encryption algorithm, it was developed for use in the controversial Clipper chip. In 1998, the algorithm was declassified.

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