AES suitable for protecting Top Secret information

[Steve Bellovin]

I haven't seen this mentioned on the list, so I thought I'd toss it 
out.  According to http://www.nstissc.gov/Assets/pdf/fact%20sheet.pdf ,
AES is acceptable for protecting Top Secret data.  Here's the crucial 
sentence:

   The design and strength of all key lengths of the AES algorithm
   (i.e., 128, 192 and 256) are sufficient to protect classified
   information up to the SECRET level. TOP SECRET information will
   require use of either the 192 or 256 key lengths.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb


---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cryptography Mailing List
Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo at metzdowd.com