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Do you have any further info on "the military for sensitive information is using much greater levels and systems for crypto than consumer grade"? From what I u
by nearengine 13y ago
Do you have any further info on "the military for sensitive information is using much greater levels and systems for crypto than consumer grade"?
From what I understand, the DoD standard is AES 128.
- drawkbox 13y agoFor commercial and FIPS supported that works, also for SECRET data. AES 192 and 256 are approved for TOP SECRET data. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Security http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard#Se... However I am pretty sure noone is uploading target coordinates or guiding missiles using AES 256 even, it seems. I could be wrong but I would assume something greater. It is assumed the NSA, other than side channel attacks, cannot break AES as of 2006, still it is getting close. "AES has 10 rounds for 128-bit keys, 12 rounds for 192-bit keys, and 14 rounds for 256-bit keys. By 2006, the best known attacks were on 7 rounds for 128-bit keys, 8 rounds for 192-bit keys, and 9 rounds for 256-bit keys.[11]"