Blowfish
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Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier, known for its speed and simplicity, and widely used in various encryption applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blowfish canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10167945 — 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: Blowfish Context triple: [OpenVPN, supportsEncryption, Blowfish]
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A.
Firebird
Firebird is the fiery, mythical bird mascot representing Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California, symbolizing resilience and school spirit.
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B.
Firebird
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system known for its support of SQL and cross-platform deployment.
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C.
Firebird
Firebird is a floorless steel roller coaster at Six Flags America known for its inversions and smooth, high-speed ride experience.
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D.
Firebird
Firebird is a celebrated ballet role, famously performed by Maria Tallchief in Igor Stravinsky’s classic work "The Firebird."
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E.
Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones is a critically acclaimed 1983 album by Tom Waits that marked his shift toward a more experimental, avant-garde sound.
- 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: Blowfish Target entity description: Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier, known for its speed and simplicity, and widely used in various encryption applications.
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A.
Firebird
Firebird is the fiery, mythical bird mascot representing Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California, symbolizing resilience and school spirit.
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B.
Firebird
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system known for its support of SQL and cross-platform deployment.
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C.
Firebird
Firebird is a floorless steel roller coaster at Six Flags America known for its inversions and smooth, high-speed ride experience.
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D.
Firebird
Firebird is a celebrated ballet role, famously performed by Maria Tallchief in Igor Stravinsky’s classic work "The Firebird."
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E.
Swordfishtrombones
Swordfishtrombones is a critically acclaimed 1983 album by Tom Waits that marked his shift toward a more experimental, avant-garde sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
block cipher
ⓘ
symmetric-key algorithm ⓘ |
| advantage | no known practical attacks on full-round cipher with full key space ⓘ |
| bcryptBasedOn | Blowfish key schedule ⓘ |
| blockSize | 64 bits ⓘ |
| cipherStructure | Feistel network ⓘ |
| commonUse |
VPN and network protocols in older deployments
ⓘ
file encryption in legacy applications ⓘ password hashing in some systems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| designer | Bruce Schneier ⓘ |
| designGoal |
fast software encryption
ⓘ
public domain availability ⓘ simple implementation ⓘ |
| disadvantage |
inadequate block size for high-volume modern applications
ⓘ
slow key setup compared to encryption speed ⓘ |
| encryptionType | symmetric ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue |
Fast Software Encryption (FSE) 1993
ⓘ
linked to:
Fast Software Encryption
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| implementationEase | suitable for compact software implementations ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| keyScheduleComplexity | computationally expensive ⓘ |
| keySizeMaximum | 448 bits ⓘ |
| keySizeMinimum | 32 bits ⓘ |
| keySizeVariable | true ⓘ |
| license | public domain ⓘ |
| modeOfOperationSupport |
CBC
ⓘ
CFB ⓘ CTR ⓘ ECB ⓘ OFB ⓘ |
| numberOfRounds | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfSBoxes | 4 ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | 32-bit processors ⓘ |
| pArraySize | 18 32-bit subkeys ⓘ |
| publication |
Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
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linked to:
applied cryptography
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| recommendedForNewSystems | false ⓘ |
| relatedAlgorithm | bcrypt ⓘ |
| roundFunctionType | key-dependent S-box based function ⓘ |
| sBoxEntrySize | 32 bits ⓘ |
| standardizationStatus | not an official NIST standard ⓘ |
| status | widely deployed legacy cipher ⓘ |
| successorAlgorithm |
AES
ⓘ
Serpent ⓘ Threefish ⓘ Twofish ⓘ |
| usesSBoxes | true ⓘ |
| usesSubkeys | true ⓘ |
| vulnerability | small 64-bit block size leads to birthday attacks on large data volumes ⓘ |
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: Blowfish Description of subject: Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier, known for its speed and simplicity, and widely used in various encryption applications.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.