Re: Encryption Strength Comparison Needed - Looking for advice

From: Markus Jansson (seemyhomepage_at_katsokotisivuilta.ni)
Date: 04/25/04

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    anon wrote:
    > I am a crypto newbie, I have read the basics and understand them but I
    > can not tell how secure one method is from another so all help is
    > welcome!

    Any of them is more than secure enought. The weakest link in here is the
    implementation of the cipher and keys or the actual computer where the
    files are being encrypted. And if I would want to decrypt those files, I
    would not even dream on trying to crack any of those encryption
    algorithms, I would just hack that computer or place trojan
    horse/keylogger/whatever onto that computer and capture the encryption
    keys used... :) 

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