Basic Crypto info wanted

From: Kevin (kevmorris_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/31/03 

Date: 30 Oct 2003 16:49:49 -0800

I've been reading up on encryption lately and I was wondering if there
was a general consensus was on the following:

In looking at symmetric ciphers, I've heard very good things about
Serpent and Blowfish. Everything I've read said they are very secure
and have had significant peer review. Other popular schemes such as
AES, TripleDES and Twofish seem to be quite secure also, but get
slightly less glowing reviews. What ciphers have had significant peer
review and are deemed to be most secure?

What actual software packages out there really implement some of the
most secure ciphers really well? I'm looking for security of course,
but also ease of use, ability to encrypt text as well as files, and
ability to encrypt as a self-decrypting file. Any of these free or
cheap?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: File Encryption/Security under 2003 SE
    ... The password feature of your P/PC is secure to the point that it will ... So, for example, if you have a SD card ... You can read a review of it on my site at ... encrypt individual files and folders even on a SD card. ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc)
  • Re: Basic Crypto info wanted
    ... Everything I've read said they are very secure ... > and have had significant peer review. ... > ability to encrypt as a self-decrypting file. ... check out the NIST site for the AES selection. ...
    (sci.crypt)
  • RE: local admin account password
    ... > encrypt the database and create alerts in the event of unsuccessful ... >> no more recovery console and don't think cached logins will work. ... >> The DB file would be encrypted with EFS so only the limited user SQL ... >> itself doesn't really need to be secure as the authentication is based ...
    (Focus-Microsoft)
  • Re: Keys, 3DES, Certificates, RSA...
    ... Symmetric Key Ciphers are encryption algorithms that use one single key to ... The same key used to encrypt the data must be used to ... They use two keys - one public key ... you must keep the private key securly out of reach of anyone but yourself. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.security)
  • RE: local admin account password
    ... > Subject: local admin account password ... > secure it. ... > and then encrypt the file (PGP or something like it with the private ...
    (Focus-Microsoft)