Re: AES Questions From Another Dummy.

Larry Lindstrom wrote:
I'm building an application that stores, among other things,
personal information about employees and members of organizations.
Names, addresses, phone numbers, and the contents of an edit box
where they may enter several pages of text.

I would not recommend building your own cryptosystem. It's more work,
and it's less likely to be secure. This is doubly true for someone who
is still learning some of the basics (such as whether to use ECB mode
or not).

If you can, I'd try to re-use some existing library or application.
For instance, can you use "gpg -c"? Can you use an existing crypto
library that encrypts data in this format?
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