Why Polar ZIP uses AES encryption?
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working with the industry and the cryptographic community to develop an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to replace the obsolete Data Encryption Standard (DES), which was introduced way back in 1977. The overall goal was to develop a standard that specifies an encryption algorithm capable of protecting sensitive government information well into the next century. The AES is the Rijndael algorithm, the winner of a three-year competition involving some of the world’s leading cryptographers. It will be used by U.S. Government organizations to protect sensitive (unclassified) information. It is also anticipated that the AES will be widely used on a voluntary basis by organizations, institutions, and individuals outside of the U.S. Government and outside of the United States as well. The AES is a block cypher that uses long keys (128-, 192-, 256-bit) for data encryption. It was developed by Belgian cryptographers Joan
