Re: triple DES with different keys, is it 2E112 or 2E168 to break?

From: Ernst Lippe (ernstl-at-planet-dot-nl_at_ignore.this)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:08:33 +0200

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 09:33:24 -0400, Markus Romanoff wrote:

> Would there be an appreciable increase in security if one were to create a
> triple AES (Rijndael)?? or would the same attack scenarios for triple DES
> apply?

The same attack could be used for AES, but there is no good
reason to use 3AES, because its key size is much larger.

Ernst Lippe

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