Re: DES, 3DES and AES-256 on WindowsXP EFS...how?!?

From: Markus Jansson (jansson_markus@ziplip.com)
Date: 03/05/03 

From: Markus Jansson <jansson_markus@ziplip.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 15:00:31 GMT

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:44:38 -0800, "David Cross [MS]"
<dcross@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> This is documented in the EFS whitepaper and help files.
> Windows XP with Service Pack 1 uses AES 256 as the
> default. If you want to use 3DES, you have to set a local or
> group policy to enable FIPS mode algorithm.

Thanks for your quick response. But what about DES? Or is
there any DES in WindowsXP at all? Are there just 3DES
(FIPS enabled) and AES-256 (FIPS disabled)?

Is there some "logic" on concidering AES-256 as "non-
FIPS"...I remember taht AES-256 is FIPS accepted algorithm
but I may be wrong. :) 

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