Re: Basic Crypto info wanted

From: flip (flip_alpha_at_safebunch.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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    "Kevin" <kevmorris@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:e211913f.0310301649.7efd438b@posting.google.com...
    > 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?

    Hi Kevin,

    check out the NIST site for the AES selection (google on nist + aes).

    Free: checkout libtomcrypt (C), Crypto++ (C++) and Bouncy Castle (Java) for
    variants of all of these crypto schemas.

    HTH, Flip

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