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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Jaspreet

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.

Capt_Caveman answered question 1. Answer to question 2 is also here, but may be not obvious. So, AES doesn't use RC4.

Thanks

That was helpfull

Regards

Jaspreet

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.