Am 14.05.2007 11:37, Darren J Moffat schrieb:
>>> which provides for better / stronger encryption: AES or 3DES?
>>
>> Use AES, it's faster, and at least as secure as 3DES using 128-bit keys.
>
> 3DES has an effective key length of 112 bit so even AES-128 is in theory
> stronger than AES.
Not even in theory. If you compare different algorithms their key sizes do
not matter ;-) at least not primarily if you talk about strength.
Cheers,
Dirk
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