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Re: AES-256 vs AES-128

2003-05-31 14:18:53

Ian Grigg wrote:

I think it's pretty clear that both AES versions
should stay in OpenPGP.  Until the market reaches
some sort of consensus that an algorithm is dead,
discussions on the relative strengths argument would
appear not to be directly relevant to OpenPGP's
standardisation efforts?

Agreed. As long as the MUST have cipher is 3DES, we have no problems. When and if (hopefully never) OpenPGP chooses to deprecate 3DES in favor of some other cipher, be prepared for a battle...