It's also important to note that timing attacks on AES are trivial, whereas other ciphers (Serpent is a popular favorite) is timing-free with naive implementati

It's also important to note that timing attacks on AES are trivial, whereas other ciphers (Serpent is a popular favorite) is timing-free with naive implementations. http://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414.pdf http://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414.pdf