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What is the difference between AES and 3DES?

What is the difference between AES and 3DES?

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O. Bickis

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O. Bickis, Corporate employee, MBA, Stockton

Answered Oct 14, 2020

Foremost, the full meaning of AES is an advanced encryption standard, while 3DES simply stands for Data Encryption Standard. These are two of the current standards that are in data encryption. AES is known to be encryption that is absolutely new, and which uses the substitution permutation network.

Conversely, 3DES is simply a kind of the older DES encryption, which relied on the balanced Feistel network. This means that DES is being applied 3 times to the encrypted information. AES makes use of three different lengths of the encryption key, which are 256, 192, and 128 bits.

The encryption key of the 3DES still remains at 56 bits, which is the same standard as DES. But the implementer can make a choice of having three identical keys, 1 discrete and 2 identical, or 3 discrete 56 bit keys. When compared to AES, 3DES makes use of a shorter block length. The AES encryption takes a shorter time than the 3DES encryption.

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Answered Oct 13, 2020

AES stands for advanced encryption standard. It is a new encryption that uses a substitution permutation network. AES uses three common encryptions key lengths128,129, and 256 bits. AES is much faster than 3DES. It uses a longer block length when compared to 3DES. The encryption keys are not short and weak like that of 3DES. AES does not use repeating encryption.

3DES stands for the triple data encryption standard. The encryption keys for 3DES is still limited to 56 bits as dictated by the DES standard. 3DES uses the same block length of 64 bits which is half the size that of AES at 128 bits. 3 DES has a shorter block length when compared to AES. It also uses repeating encryption keys. The 3DES also has a shorter and weaker encryption key.

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Answered Oct 12, 2020

AES stands for Advanced Encryption Standard. It is type of specification that is used to encrypt information that is electronic. DES is an abbreviation for Data Encryption Standard. The government of the United States uses it, which led to places from all over the world to also use it. 3DES is another format of DES, which came after DES.

AES has come after these encryption and was created to take the place of DES and 3DES. One of the key differences between the two is related to the block length. 3DES uses a shorter block length, while it is not always guaranteed that AES will use a shorter block length.

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I.Isabella

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Answered Mar 03, 2020

Encryption protects consumer interest, e-mails, and other sensitive data. AES is Advanced Encryption Standard and is a specification for the encryption of electronic information while DES stands for Data Encryption Standard. It has been embraced by the United States government and is now utilized all over the world. 3DES is an encryption cipher that was developed from the original Data Encryption Standard, which was all the rage until it became obsolete.

AES has been altered to take its place. 3DES uses comparable encryption to DES, while AES uses an entirely different one. 3DS possesses weaker and shorter keys, while AES is firmly the opposite. 3DES utilizes shorter block length, which is not as consistent as AES. Also, 3DES uses repeating encryption, while AES uses asymmetric encryption algorithm. It boasts impeccable security.

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