Cryptography related stuff

Algorithms

AES («Rijndael»)

- DES Replacement, strong encryption with long expected life
- 128 bit block size
- 128, 192 & 256 bit key sizes
- Royality free worldwide
- 3.4 x 10³⁸ possible 128-bit keys
- 6.2 x 10⁵⁷ possible 192-bit keys
- 1.1 x 10⁷⁷ possible 256-bit keys
- AES can be encrypted in one pass

AES Fact Sheet
http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/aesfact.html

The official AES Homepage
http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/

http://home.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/crypto/co040401.htm
http://search.cpan.org/~delta/Crypt-Rijndael_PP-0.04/Rijndael_PP.pm
AES Tool

One-Time-Pad

Fast undenkbar, aber wahr: Das One-Time-Pad (Einmalblock) ist das perfekte Verschlüsselungskonzept. Es ist nicht nur praktisch, sondern auch theoretisch unknackbar. 1917 wurde es von Major Joseph Mauborgne und Gilbert Vernam von AT&T erfunden.
http://www.ch280.thinkquest.hostcenter.ch/crypto/onetime.html

RC4

RC4 - 802.11 security cracked
http://lists.spack.org/pipermail/nycwireless/2001q3/000371.html

RC6

[ Perl's Crypt::RC6 ]
RC6® Block Cipher http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/rc6/

RSA's RC6 Algorithm Named As Finalist For New Federal Crypto Standard
http://www.rsasecurity.com/company/news/releases/pr.asp?doc_id=504

http://www.comms.engg.susx.ac.uk/fft/crypto/rc6stat.pdf

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Links

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
http://www.nist.gov

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