encryption ciphers

[Bob Sneidar]

It's also a question of how valuable to others your resources are. "How to make a car run on seawater" is a document very valuable to a great many people, both those who want to exploit it, and those who want to make it go away. "How to put gas in your tank" not so much. All of them are going to be greatly tempted to defeat whatever security you have. 

AES256 is about the best publicly available encryption you can get your hands on. It's generally considered much better than kidnapping the head engineer and giving him truth serum while torturing his cat. 

Bob


On Jun 17, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Kee Nethery wrote:

>> My understanding is that AES is the worst (oldest), DES is better, DES3 is
>> better, BLOWFISH is quick and simple and a good compromise between
>> performance and security. I know nothing about RC or CAST, but I'm pretty
>> sure RC is just a derivative of AES.
> 
> Security is not a question of "is it secure" but rather a question of "how long would it take to break through its security" or "how big of a threat do I need to provide so that you give me your keys".