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AES Algorithm Coming Soon

Posted by michael on from the cracking-attempts-coming-soon-after dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will announce the winner of the Advanced Encryption Standard competition on Oct. 2 at 11:00 am (Eastern Standard Time). This algorithm is going to be the new government standard, so it's worth checking the page out. Following the announcement a report on the AES development efforts will be released on the NIST AES webpage. The NIST Advanced Encryption Standard page can be found at http://www.nist.gov/aes."

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  1. Re:Twofish by Admiral+Burrito · · Score: 5

    Twofish seems a nice system.

    It is. That would be my second choice, after Rijndael.

    From what I've read, Twofish doesn't stand up do differential power analysis as well as Rijndael does, and is not quite as smartcard-friendly. Rijndael may also work better on future parallel computers. Rijndael is slightly smaller, faster, etc, etc. AFAICS Rijndael slightly edges out Twofish in nearly every category.

    Twofish is American though, which may make a difference.

    Serpent would be my third choice, but it's too slow compared to the others. Mars is too complex. RC6 is too dependant on rotations.

    Its good that it is completely open, so there can be no patenting problems.

    I can't remember the details, but whoever wins is not allowed to milk it even if they have patents. It's one of the stipulations for all AES candidates (but it only applies to the one that wins).

    Of course, it's possible they might select more than one algorithm...