What Is Over 50 Years Old, And Still Used in Cybersecurity (But Now Banned)?
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6 min readJan 3, 2024
Well, one answer to this is the DES encryption method, and which was upgraded to the 3DES (Triple DES or TDES). For the sake of history, I have outlined a range of DES and 3DES applications:
https://asecuritysite.com/des/
Unfortunately, in 2017, NIST outlined that the use of Triple DES (aka TDEA/TDES) would…