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Rad Community Technical Discussion Boards (Computer Hardware + PC Software) >> PC Hardware + Software (except Cloning programs) >> AES-256 illegal in US? http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1266901039 Message started by Rad on Feb 22nd, 2010 at 10:57pm |
Title: AES-256 illegal in US? Post by Rad on Feb 22nd, 2010 at 10:57pm
Anybody heard that AES-256 is illegal in the US? Check out this thread (titled "What's the most secure encryption algorithm?"):
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060925103856AAKPUeo (7th post) Quote:
Sounds weird to me. Why would this be? Would infer that all other encrption methods have already been defeated by the government, no? I can find no validating references anywhere else. Related terms: Advanced Encryption Standard. Rijndael Truecrypt: http://www.truecrypt.org/ Related linkage / threads: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=263169 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19216574-Whats-the-best-encryption-algorithm http://www.cp-lab.com/cryptography.html http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=aes Quote:
Is there something above Top Secret? What do they use for that? Interesting: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=serpent Quote:
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Title: Re: AES-256 illegal in US? Post by Rad on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 12:33am Quote:
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Title: Re: AES-256 illegal in US? Post by Pleonasm on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:57am
FYI -- The AES algorithm is used by many programs available in the US (e.g., PGP Desktop and WinZip).
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