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