Encryption: SEAL vs AES

[Elia S.]

Hello
I was wondering about wich cypher to choose in a GRE+IPSEC tunnel.

Assuming that they works both on software on my platforms, wich is the best
to choose?

The "open" standard AES or the CISCO proprietary SEAL Cypher?

Thank you

[Igor Mamuzić aka Pseto]

On 5.2.2010 9:58, Elia S. wrote:
> Hello
> I was wondering about wich cypher to choose in a GRE+IPSEC tunnel.
>
> Assuming that they works both on software on my platforms, wich is the
> best
> to choose?
>
> The "open" standard AES or the CISCO proprietary SEAL Cypher?
>
> Thank you
>
>
From my past expirience always stick to the standard solutions... AES
is well tested and fast algoritham so go for it....

[Uli Link]

Elia S. schrieb:
> Hello
> I was wondering about wich cypher to choose in a GRE+IPSEC tunnel.
>
> Assuming that they works both on software on my platforms, wich is the best
> to choose?
>
> The "open" standard AES or the CISCO proprietary SEAL Cypher?
>
> Thank you
>
>

AES 128 in software is only a little slower than SEAL.
But well tested and standard.
SEAL isn't available in hardware crypto engine.

--
ULi

[Elia S.]

>
> AES 128 in software is only a little slower than SEAL.
> But well tested and standard.
> SEAL isn't available in hardware crypto engine.
>
> --
> ULi

Thank you

Seal is a cisco proprietary and compared to AES could be a little more
tricky to be "cracked" since is less known, right?