Common encryption ciphers - mmedrano9438/peripheral-brain GitHub Wiki

Triple DES: designed to replace the original Data Encryption Standard (DES) algorithm, which hackers eventually learned to defeat with relative ease. At one time, Triple DES was the industry's recommended standard and the most widely used symmetric algorithm.

AES: algorithm trusted as the standard by the U.S. Government and numerous organizations and is also found in Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) software. Although it is highly efficient in 128-bit form, AES also uses keys of 192 and 256 bits for heavy-duty encryption purposes.

RSA Security: a public-key encryption algorithm and the standard for encrypting data sent over the internet. It is also one of the methods used in PGP and GPG programs. Unlike Triple DES, RSA is considered an asymmetric algorithm because it uses a pair of keys. You have your public key to encrypt the message and a private key to decrypt it. RSA encryption results in a huge batch of mumbo jumbo that takes attackers a lot of time and processing power to break.

Blowfish: algorithm designed to replace DES. This symmetric cipher splits messages into blocks of 64 bits and encrypts them individually. Blowfish is known for its tremendous speed and overall effectiveness. Meanwhile, vendors have taken full advantage of its free availability in the public domain. You'll find Blowfish in software categories ranging from ecommerce platforms for securing payments to password management tools, where it protects passwords. It's one of the more flexible encryption methods available.

Twofish Computer security expert Bruce Schneier is the mastermind behind Blowfish and its successor Twofish. Keys used in this algorithm may be up to 256 bits in length, and as a symmetric technique, you only need one key. Twofish is one of the fastest of its kind and ideal for use in hardware and software environments. Like Blowfish, Twofish is freely available to anyone who wants to use it.