From: Niels Möller Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:06:24 +0000 (+0100) Subject: No longer claim that AES is "quite new". X-Git-Tag: nettle_2.0_release_20090608~21 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=59c300aadc5795eb2e04b239c350df760c1a4fd7;p=thirdparty%2Fnettle.git No longer claim that AES is "quite new". Rev: nettle/nettle.texinfo:1.3 --- diff --git a/nettle.texinfo b/nettle.texinfo index 8887d423..a565df1b 100644 --- a/nettle.texinfo +++ b/nettle.texinfo @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ single key setup function that can be used for both encryption and decryption. @subsection AES -AES is a quite new block cipher, specified by NIST as a replacement for +AES is a block cipher, specified by NIST as a replacement for the older DES standard. The standard is the result of a competition between cipher designers. The winning design, also known as RIJNDAEL, was constructed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijnmen.