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Old 07-16-2005, 09:18 PM   #1
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AES vs RC4 vs TKIP


I beleive out of the three (AES RC4 and TKIP) two are same type i.e, AES and RC4 but TKIP is not the same as AES or RC4

1 Can someone explain me the differnce between the three

AES
RC4
TKIP

2 Does AES use RC4 as its cipher algorithm or it itself is a cipher algorithm.


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Old 07-16-2005, 11:41 PM   #2
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AES and RC4 are both encyption ciphers. They work differently in that AES is a block cipher while RC4 is a stream cipher. TKIP isn't a cipher like the other 2, but rather a protocol for implementing the RC4 cipher, similar to how WEP is an encryption implementation (that also uses RC4). However TKIP uses RC4 in a different way than WEP does.

For more info on AES and RC4, wikipedia actually has a really good pages. If you want more comprehensive material (as well as extensive introductory material), I would strongly recommend reading Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier.
 
Old 07-17-2005, 03:00 PM   #3
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Capt_Caveman answered question 1. Answer to question 2 is also here, but may be not obvious. So, AES doesn't use RC4.
 
Old 07-17-2005, 04:25 PM   #4
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Thanks

That was helpfull

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Old 07-19-2005, 08:50 AM   #5
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Like Capt Caveman said, Wikipedia has some great definitions for almost all methods. I would also recommend that you check out Triple DES too. DES3 is a little slower than AES but also very secure.
 
  


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