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The strengths and weaknesses of different VPN protocols

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Does not support Perfect Forward Secrecy One of the least secure protocols Firewalls can block PPTP. First released in 2001, the OpenVPN protocol has become one of the most popular and widely used protocols. Firewalls can easily block it because it only communicates over UDP. Slower than OpenVPN due to double encapsulation.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

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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. ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

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By 2001, the NIST dubbed it the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and officially replaced the use of DES. Two Dutch cryptographers – Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen – submitted the eventual pick known as Rijndael.