Re: .NET DES CFB - useless interface?

From: Henrick Hellström (henrick.hellstrm_at_telia.com)
Date: 11/20/04 

Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:44:06 GMT

Morten Dahl wrote:

> You wouldn't happen to have an implementation and/or speed-comparison of
> Serpent (vs. Rijndael)? I've ported the Java source given for the AES
> selection, and this runs at about half the speed of Rijndael; to my
> knownledge this is normal but would like to verify it..

No, sorry, but I assume you are right. There is some demand for TwoFish,
but I hardly ever hear any requests for Serpent. Speed might very well
be one reason Serpent has not caught much attention.

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