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DECEMBER 7, 2023

AES or the Advanced Encryption Standard was adopted in 2001 by the US National Institute of Standards and Testing (NIST) as the standard for symmetric encryption. The algorithm allows for variable key sizes and variable rounds to increase randomness and security. Currently, the top four algorithms include AES, Blowfish, ECC, and RSA.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000. The RSA algorithm remains the most popular public key cryptographic system today and introduced the concept of digital signatures for authentication outside of academia.

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