Tenix Includes AES Encryption

The data Corporation has recently included the AES encryption algorithm into the Tenix Security Framework. The U.S. government has recently updated its encryption standard to AES for computer transmissions, replacing DES, an aging standard first put in place in 1977.

Tenix -- the revolutionary Peer-to-Peer application attracting attention from Government and Business leaders everywhere, has now incorporated the security of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography into its application, allowing users to now select DES, Triple DES or AES levels of encryption.

This provides the option to send data and messages that are so highly secured as to be unbreakable, providing the means for Government, Defence and sensitive Business transmissions to be delivered without any fear of compromise.

The files or messages are first encrypted with the chosen standard and then wrapped in an RSA digital envelope. Performing the encryption in this manner allows every Tenix user to be confident in the knowledge that their critical data remains secure and confidential.

The U.S. government has recently updated its encryption standard for computer transmissions, replacing an aging standard first put in place in 1977. Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) tested various mathematical formulas for four years before settling on one developed by two Belgian scientists, Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen. The winning formula, called Rijndael, (Rhine Doll) scrambles communications by generating random key numbers 128, 192 or 256 digits long.

A 128-bit key size can create combinations of 340 followed by 36 zeros. A 256-key size allows for a total combination set of 11 followed by 76 zeros. By comparison, the old Data Encryption Standard, or DES, used keys that were 56 digits long, allowing for a total combination set of 72 followed by 15 zeros.

Specialized computers can now crack a DES key after several hours of number crunching, NIST said on its Web site. Assuming that someone built a machine that could crack a DES key in one second, it would still take that machine 149 trillion years to crack a 128-bit key, according to NIST.

Tenix connects People, Businesses and Applications, while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of the information through the use of this powerful encryption.

A spokesman for Tenix said, The United States Defence Department has already asked for help from the Software Industry to solve their communications problems and we believe Tenix is that application -- there is nothing else even close to its capabilities and performance".