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NIST Moves on Sweet32 - 3DES, Blowfish, and Others - Mostly Unsafe
Now is the time to stop using 64-bit block length ciphers such as 3DES (TDEA) and Blowfish in general purpose applications of cryptography. In 2016, an attack was demonstrated that affects all ciphers using 64-bit block lengths, including the most...