ElGamal: key length vs performance

[Arild Bjørk]

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- --- David Shaw <dshaw at jabberwocky.com> wrote:
 
> The performance between different ciphers (3DES, AES, CAST5,
etc) is
> where you might see something, and it will vary over different
sized
> files to encrypt.

As an indication of the speed of the ciphers you should download
and install Truecrypt from www.truecrypt.org. Under the menu
Tools you'll find Benchmark which reports the speed for the
ciphers in ram. 3DES is the slowest. Blowfish seems to be the
fastest.
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