On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:56:40PM -0800, J Harper wrote: > Great feedback, let me elaborate. I realize that AES is implemented in > hardware for many platforms as well. I'll mention a bit more about our > cryptography architecture below. Do you know why AES is so popular in > embedded? ARC4 is faster in software and extremely small code size. It
RC4 is extremely weak for some applications. A block cipher is greatly preferable. There isn't _quite_ a speed/strength tradeoff in cryptography, but any time you choose algorithms based purely on speed, you'd better get really, really suspicious about the strength of what you're producing. Thor --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]