On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:12:53 -0400 Ted Unangst wrote: > >> Seconded. Was going to ask myself. > >> > >> > I would have thought AES-128 was more obsolete than blowfish? Speed? > >> > > >> > >> ? How can the current standard be obsolete? > > > > Blowfish is strong. I'm sure I read advice to move to AES-256 where > > possible. > > > > I don't disagree with using AES-128 as default on a possibly busy mail > > server. I was just wondering why the word obsolete was used and if it > > was simply because twofish and AES are faster. > > I don't think anyone recommends using a 64-bit block cipher anymore. > That's just a bad idea, even if emails are probably small.
Right is that the default for blowfish and why it's faster. Can't that be upped towards a maximum of 448-bit?
