What is Data Encryption Standard?
The '''Data Encryption Standard''' is a 56-bit [[cipher]] that was once recommended by the [[United States government|U.S. Government]]. In 1998, it was defeated by a [[machine]] built by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]. It has been replaced by the [[Advanced Encryption Standard]] in most uses. == 3DES == After DES was cracked, the [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|NIST]], the US institution for technology and also cryptography, developed ''3DES''. It has 3 times more bits, but is otherwise the same as DES. Theoretically, 3DES should provide 168 bits of security. But because of the design, the NIST later said it only provides 80 bits of security. That can be broken by a modern computer and thus the cipher should be considered broken. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Cryptography]]