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AES Announced as Federal Standard

Posted by michael on from the government-gets-better-locks dept.

chekhov writes: "Today NIST has finally announced AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) as a Federal Standard after 4 years of development. See the press release. AES is the replacement of DES and is expected to be used in financial systems and secure networks for up to 20 years. More information on the AES homepage."

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  1. Re:Completely unbreakable...? by vscjoe · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Um. If you double compute speed every 18 months, compute power is growing exponentially as well, and you lose one bit of key security every 18 months. It takes years, not eons, to catch up.

    In addition, AES may have problems we don't even know yet. DES turned out not to require brute forcing.

  2. OSS authors: Don't pick self-destructive names. by Futurepower(tm) · · Score: 4, Insightful


    BouncyCastle.

    It amazes me how often open source authors pick self-destructive names. A serious effort should not be limited by a humorous or trick name.

    A name like BouncyCastle will limit the number of people who adopt the software. People are afraid there is a hidden joke they don't understand.

    There are times when it is appropriate to be 100 percent serious.

    I am NOT saying anything negative about the software. The ONLY negative thing I am saying about the authors is that they are obviously not professional communicators.

    Open Source Software needs marketing communication like any product that wants to reach a large number of people.

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