1 |
The most popular symmetric encryption algorithms
-
DES - Data Encryption Algorithm - official US Government encryption standard (56 bit + 8 bit checksum = 64 bit)
-
3DES - Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (112 bit, 168 bit) 3DES-EE3, 3DES-EDE3, 3DES-EEE2, 3DES-EDE2
-
IDEA - International Data Encryption Algorithm
-
RC4 - Rivest Cipher 4 (128 bit)
-
AES - Advanced Encryption Standard ( expected in year 2000)
|