Rijndael
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Rijndael is a symmetric block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen that was selected by NIST as the basis for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rijndael canonical | 13 |
| Rijndael cipher | 6 |
| AES | 2 |
| AES designers Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1500507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rijndael Context triple: [Advanced Encryption Standard, basedOnAlgorithm, Rijndael]
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A.
Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption Standard is a widely used symmetric block cipher standard that secures digital data in applications ranging from wireless networks to government communications.
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B.
Salsa20
Salsa20 is a high-speed stream cipher designed by Daniel J. Bernstein, widely used in modern cryptography for its strong security and efficient software performance.
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C.
RC5
RC5 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest, known for its simplicity, parameter flexibility, and use in various encryption applications.
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D.
RC6
RC6 is a symmetric block cipher designed as a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), known for its simplicity, efficiency, and parameterized structure.
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E.
RC2
RC2 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest and widely used in early Internet security applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rijndael Target entity description: Rijndael is a symmetric block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen that was selected by NIST as the basis for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
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A.
Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption Standard is a widely used symmetric block cipher standard that secures digital data in applications ranging from wireless networks to government communications.
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B.
Salsa20
Salsa20 is a high-speed stream cipher designed by Daniel J. Bernstein, widely used in modern cryptography for its strong security and efficient software performance.
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C.
RC5
RC5 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest, known for its simplicity, parameter flexibility, and use in various encryption applications.
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D.
RC6
RC6 is a symmetric block cipher designed as a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), known for its simplicity, efficiency, and parameterized structure.
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E.
RC2
RC2 is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by cryptographer Ronald L. Rivest and widely used in early Internet security applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
block cipher
ⓘ
encryption algorithm ⓘ symmetric-key algorithm ⓘ |
| AESBlockSize | 128 bits ⓘ |
| AESKeySize |
128 bits
ⓘ
192 bits ⓘ 256 bits ⓘ |
| application |
data encryption
ⓘ
disk encryption ⓘ network security ⓘ |
| blockCipherType | Substitution–permutation network ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium ⓘ |
| designedFor |
efficiency in hardware
ⓘ
efficiency in software ⓘ |
| designer |
Joan Daemen
ⓘ
Vincent Rijmen ⓘ |
| keyType | symmetric key ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Joan Daemen
ⓘ
Vincent Rijmen ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
AES-128
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES-192 ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Encryption Standard
AES-256 ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Encryption Standard
|
| publicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Square cipher
ⓘ
Whirlpool hash function ⓘ |
| roundStructure | multiple rounds with SubBytes, ShiftRows, MixColumns, AddRoundKey ⓘ |
| securityStatus | no practical attacks on full AES parameters known (as of 2024) ⓘ |
| selectedAsBasisFor |
AES
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Encryption Standard
Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ |
| selectionBy | NIST ⓘ |
| selectionProgram | AES competition ⓘ |
| selectionYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| standardizationBody | NIST (for AES subset) ⓘ |
| standardizedAs |
FIPS 197 (AES subset)
ⓘ
linked to:
Advanced Encryption Standard
|
| supportsBlockSize |
128 bits
ⓘ
160 bits ⓘ 192 bits ⓘ 224 bits ⓘ 256 bits ⓘ |
| supportsKeySize |
128 bits
ⓘ
160 bits ⓘ 192 bits ⓘ 224 bits ⓘ 256 bits ⓘ |
| usesFiniteField |
GF(2^8)
ⓘ
linked to:
GF(p^m)
|
| usesSBox | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rijndael Description of subject: Rijndael is a symmetric block cipher designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen that was selected by NIST as the basis for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
linked to: Rijndael
subject linked to:
NIST (for AES subset)
subject linked to:
NIST (for AES subset)
subject linked to:
NIST (for AES subset)
subject linked to:
Leopoldsburg, Belgium
linked to: Rijndael