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Originally Posted by Socrates
I had read (and, of course, we should be skeptical of what we read) indicates that the National Security Agency reviewed a number of AES 256 cyphers, and chose the Rijndeal cypher as the best -- and therefore, set it as THEIR standard.
So at least when the process began early this decade, it seems that no all AES 256 cyphers were the same.
I gather from your comment, that the losing candidates just disappeared. Right? A bit surprising, I must confess. But certainly possible.
If not -- if there are still some cypher want-to-be's -- , does PA use the Rijndeal 256 cypher in all functions, PAE, and, when selected, for ZIP and 7 ZIP?
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there were several ciphers submitted to become AES standard... Rijndael won, so Rijndael is AES.... no other candidates were called AES at any point in time. So whenever you see AES, it is Rijndael cipher.