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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."

6 of 267 comments (clear)

  1. Re:One Word... by -Surak- · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Naw. Don't need it. They'll just charge anyone using it that they don't like under the new anti-terrorism crap. Saves a ton of cycles.

  2. Re:340 undecillion by scottj · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Actually, it's "googol". Your spelling has been corrupted by Corporate America.

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  3. Re:Googleplex by scottj · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The word you're looking for is "googol". Your spelling has been corrupted by Corporate America.

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  4. Re:20 bucks by Foogle · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You're crazy. I'd take that bet any day.

  5. Re:340 undecillion by scottj · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I thought I'd go for a bit of variety. ;-)

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  6. Re:Rijndael by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Scrabble letters. I threw the vowels back though.

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