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Originally Posted by Gapple
Right - Just some positive feedback on your library.
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Thank you. Much appreciated
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I thought of using a secret-key algorithm for the application. Your help file mentions a choice of several. Could you recommend one to get started with ?
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Rijndael is the latest and strongest. However its minimum block size is 128 bits so if you encrypt lots of separate small items of data the storage overhead is twice that of the other algorithms. Unless you are paranoid about your data a 128 bit key is sufficient. The next strongest is TripleDES but for domestic use plain DES is probably as good and cheaper computationally unless you are paranoid that GCHQ or the NSA are watching you. RC2 is of historic interest only.