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Triple IDEA

Triple IDEA (3IDEA) works in a similar way to 3DES, but used the IDEA algorithm three times instead of the DES algorithm three times:

Since IDEA is as secure as 3DES, 3IDEA is very secure indeed - but since the extra security comes with a corresponding lack of speed, there is perhaps little point in using it until IDEA appears to be threatened by much faster computing facilities trying to break it.




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