Re: :::AES Questions:::

From: Michael Amling (nospam@nospam.com)
Date: 02/21/03 

From: Michael Amling <nospam@nospam.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:10:42 GMT

Pathos wrote:
> I would like to know if AES is the best choice for the task

   IMHO, yes.

>
> And if i chose to use AES, what key size should i use?
> 128 is the only size specified in the specs, if i'm correct, they say that
> it was the bit length that was most studied by Rijndael so they shouldn't
> include any other. But isn't 128 just a bit small?

   AES uses only block size 128 bits. But its key sizes, 128-bit,
192-bit and 256-bit, were all well studied.

--Mike Amling

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