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Re: [saag] The use of AES-192 and AES-256 in Secure RTP



At 4:17 PM -0600 5/3/06, The Purple Streak, Hilarie Orman wrote:
I agree with Steve Kent on the issue of not encouraging use of AES
with large key sizes.  It gives the impression that there's some
immediate need for larger keys.  There isn't.

<http://www.nsa.gov/ia/industry/crypto_suite_b.cfm> lists the requirements for one particular customer of significant size who insists on the use of 256-bit (but not 192-bit) keys.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--VPN Consortium


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