Re: RSA vs AES

From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_iahu.ca)
Date: 08/29/03 

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:42:38 GMT

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Waldyr wrote:
| Hello !
|
| We know that symmetric algorithms are faster than assymmetric ones,
| for the same level of security. I'm interested to know if there is any
| reference where this difference is measured, I mean, about *how many
| times* AES-128, for example, is faster than RSA-1024, for the same
| plataform and the same volume of data.

Many. Nobody uses RSA to encrypt bulk data though. Normally you perform
a hybrid system.

Tom
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