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Re: Is AES better than RC4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Callas)
Wed May 24 07:52:40 2006
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From: Jon Callas <jon@callas.org>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:39:11 -0700
To: James A.Donald <jamesd@echeque.com>
On 23 May 2006, at 3:15 PM, James A. Donald wrote:
> --
> AES is new, and people keep claiming progress towards
> breaking it, without however, so far producing any
> breaks.
>
> RC4 is old and has numerous known weaknesses, which are
> tricky to code around, and have caught many an
> implementor - notice for example Wifi. But these are
> known weaknesses, and no new ones have turned up for
> some time, nor does it seem likely that they will.
What problem are you trying to solve?
You're asking a question that doesn't quite map. It's a bit like
asking whether a Vespa better than a Ferrari.
Jon
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