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> including intelligence services, relies upon AES not having such holes. They wouldn't sit on such information. The NSA uses a completely different set of alg
by mike_d 3y ago
> including intelligence services, relies upon AES not having such holes. They wouldn't sit on such information.
The NSA uses a completely different set of algorithms called Suite A. They don't use AES for exactly this reason.
- The_Colonel 3y ago> Suite A will be used for the protection of some categories of especially sensitive information (a small percentage of the overall national security-related information assurance market) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_A_Cryptography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_Suite_A_Cryptography
- mike_d 3y ago> a small percentage of the overall national security-related information assurance market That quote does not exist in the one Wikipedia citation. I am not sure where they got it. Any time data flows from one physical location to another it is encrypted with Suite A algorithms, which is arguably where it matters the most.
- sandworm101 3y agoNSA is but one of maybe a dozen US intelligence agencies.
- mike_d 3y ago18 to be exact, but NSA houses the Cryptographic CoE and sets the relevant standards for the entire IC.