/* -*-c-*-
*
- * $Id: rijndael.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 11:56:07 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: rijndael.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
*
* The Rijndael block cipher
*
/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
*
* $Log: rijndael.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
* Revision 1.1 2000/06/17 11:56:07 mdw
* New cipher.
*
/*----- Notes on the Rijndael block cipher --------------------------------*
*
- * Invented by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, Rijndael is a fast and
- * relatively simple 128-bit block cipher proposed by the designers as an AES
- * candidate. At the time of writing, the AES winner hasn't been decided.
- * Rijnadel is fast, but has a low security margin. I recommend waiting
+ * Invented by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, Rijndael is a fast, elegant
+ * and relatively simple 128-bit block cipher. It was chosen by NIST to be
+ * the new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm.
+ *
+ * Rijnadel appears to have a low security margin. I recommend waiting
* before using Rijndael for any sensitive applications.
*/
/* -*-c-*-
*
- * $Id: serpent.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 12:08:43 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: serpent.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
*
* The Serpent block cipher
*
/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
*
* $Log: serpent.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
* Revision 1.1 2000/06/17 12:08:43 mdw
* New cipher.
*
/*----- Notes on the Serpent block cipher ---------------------------------*
*
- * Serpent was designed and proposed for the AES contest by Ross Anderson,
+ * Serpent was designed and proposed for the AES contest by Ross Anderson,
* Eli Biham and Lars Knudsen. It's not particularly quick, but is
* stunningly secure. The best differential and linear attacks are
* speculated to require %$2^{256}$% texts (it's a 128-bit block cipher).
/* -*-c-*-
*
- * $Id: twofish.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 12:10:17 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: twofish.h,v 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw Exp $
*
* The Twofish block cipher
*
/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
*
* $Log: twofish.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.2 2000/10/08 15:48:58 mdw
+ * Update comments now that AES has been chosen.
+ *
* Revision 1.1 2000/06/17 12:10:17 mdw
* New cipher.
*
*
* Twofish was designed by Bruce Schneier, John Kelsey, Doug Whiting, David
* Wagner, Chris Hall and Niels Ferguson. The algorithm is unpatented and
- * free for anyone to use. It is one of the five AES finalist algorithms.
- * At the time of writing, the AES competition is still underway.
+ * free for anyone to use. It was one of the five AES finalist algorithms.
*
* Twofish is a complex cipher offering various space and time tradeoffs.
* This implementation has a heavy key schedule and fast bulk encryption.