Symmetric Encryption

DES/3DES
AES
Twofish
Blowfish
Serpent
IDEA
RC4, RC5, RC6
CAST

Key Length for symmetric is 56-256 bits

DES

Data Encryption Standard

56 bit key encryption (16 cycles of 48 bit subkeys)

3DES

Triple DES 168 bit key encryption (48 cycles)

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard A block of cipher uses a 128 bit block size and a 128-, 129, or 256 bit key size.

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