Re: Encryption algorithm standards

[Tom Ritter <tom () ritter vg>]

Nothing is unbreakable. ;)

Colin Percival (The FreeBSD security head) wrote a blog entry on this
not too long ago:
http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-11-cryptographic-right-answers.html

He recommends AES with 256 bit keys in Counter Mode, SHA-256, and so
on.  It's not an official list by any means, but it's pretty good
advice.

-tom

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