RE: NewBie:cryptography : DES vs Blowfish?

["Naman Latif" <naman.latif () inamed com>]

Blowfish uses a Variable length key (32-448 bits) as compared to 56-Bit in DES.
It depends what key length you choose with "blowfish". As far as I know, with the same key length blowfish is faster 
than DES.
I would assume that security would depend on choosen key length, as it would take more effort to decode a message 
encrypted with a larger key.
Some other encryption algorithms to consider are AES (secure as 3-DES and faster), IDEA (not free for commercial use).


Regards \\ Naman


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberto Ramsis [mailto:robertoramsis () hotmail com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:37 AM
> To: security-basics () security-focus com
> Subject: NewBie:cryptography : DES vs Blowfish?
>
>
> Hello
> i needed to know,which is more secure : DES , BLOWFISH,GOST? 
> and which is 
> faster?
> Thanks
>
>
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