encryption ciphers

[jim sims]

I'm going to use an encryption feature in a project but I want to make sure it will be available for OS X and for WIndows machines.

A wide variety of encryption ciphers seem to be available when I do "put the cipherNames"

I have little knowledge about the merits or availability of ciphers, can anyone provide recommendations for a particular cipher and perhaps some reason why that cipher might be preferred?

sims