Glossary
- AES
Advanced Encryption Standard. AES replaces DES as the newest government-sponsored symmetric block cipher encryption standard. AES is also known as Rijndael after its developer. In addition to 3DES, AES is the encryption method of choice specified in the XML Encryption specification.
- ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation 1, published jointly by the International Standards Organization, the International Electrotechnical Commission, and the International Telecommunications Union. This structured data language allows well-defined data structures to be passed among differing applications and platforms. Unlike XML, it is a binary format. It is older than XML and is more compact. It is also the underlying format in all the PKCS key and certificate ...
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