On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 12:41:19PM -0600, Ryan Lambert wrote:
> >> I vote for AES 256 rather than 128.
> >
> > Why? This page seems to think 128 is sufficient:
> >
> > https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/20/
> what-are-the-practical-differences-between-256-bit-192-bit-and-128-bit-aes-enc
> >
> > For practical purposes, 128-bit keys are sufficient to ensure
> security.
> > The larger key sizes exist mostly to satisfy some US military
> > regulations which call for the existence of several distinct
> "security
> > levels", regardless of whether breaking the lowest level is already
> far
> > beyond existing technology.
>
> After researching AES key sizes a bit more my vote is (surprisingly?) for
> AES-128. My reasoning is about security, I did not consider performance
> impacts in my decision.
Thank you for this exhaustive research.
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