On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:20:35PM -0000, lcs Mixmaster Remailer wrote:
> Rijndael appears to be a compromise between security and efficiency.
> This leaves us in an unhappy and uncomfortable position. It may well be
> that Twofish and perhaps Serpent continue to be widely used alternatives
> to AES.
I expect Rijndael, being the chosen AES, is likely to receive far more
analysis over the next few years than any of the other candidates.
Assuming there are no major weaknesses found, that analysis should
greatly increase confidence in Rijndael as compared to other algorithms.
My expectation is based on what has happend with DES. Even though there
are other algorithms that are more efficient and probably more secure
there is more confidence in 3DES because of the amount of analysis that
has gone into it. No other symmetric algorithm is likely to see as much
analysis as DES has- except Rijndael.
