Subject: Re: Better algorithm: Rijndael or TwoFish?

From: [email-masked] (David Wagner)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:17:21 +0000 (UTC)

mike3 wrote:
>Which is better: Rijndael or Twofish in terms of security and speed?
>How good do they compare?

My advice would be to use AES, not Twofish, unless there is some special
requirement that makes AES unsuitable.  There's nothing particularly
wrong with Twofish -- I'm pleased with the design and how it has held
up -- but I think AES is even better, and AES is receiving more scrutiny
than any of the other finalists.  This gives a powerful reason to prefer
AES over Twofish (or any of the other finalists, including Serpent,
for that matter).

Full disclosure: I was a co-designer of Twofish, so I'm probably biased.