[Mono-list] AES 256

[Mario Munda]

Hy Sebastien!

Thanx for your fast reply. Now I  understand text in documentation!

Yes, i was confused by block/key size. :)

Sebastien Pouliot wrote:

>Hello Mario,
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>On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 14:57 +0200, Mario Munda wrote:
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>>Can I use mono to encypt network traffic with AES 256 bit encryption 
>>algorithm?
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>Yes you can.
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>>Documentation marks that i can only use 128 AES, but higher block sizes 
>>are not a part of the AES specification?!
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>Yes and that's totally true. However I guess you're confusing block size
>and key size. 
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>The .NET framework (and Mono) supports all block sizes (and key sizes)
>for Rijndael. AES, a subset of Rijndael, only supports block size of 128
>bits (but key length of 128, 192 and 256 bits).
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