Re: Cascading different algorithms?

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 05/06/05 

Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 13:38:54 +0000 (UTC)

Paul Cooper wrote:

> On Fri, 6 May 2005 00:58:04 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Swallow
> <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Top Secret simply requires a longer key variable (and a triple check on
>>the implementation).
>
>
> Yes, as I already wrote: "AES-192 and AES-256 were officially (NSA and
> CNSS) declared sufficient to protect classified information up to the
> Top Secret level".
>
> I am not sure if you are opposing my statement?

A straight factual statement does not need to be for or against
anything. I quoted the appropriate paragraph from the report and added
a translation to simple English.

Andrew Swallow