Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a powerful and trustworthy cryptographic encryption tool to secure digital data. It accepts three key lengths – 128, 192, and 256 bits (16, 24 and 32 bytes, respectively).
AES cipher is abbreviated using the key length. For example, an AES cipher using a 256-bit key is abbreviated as AES 256. The longer the key, the more secure the system. Therefore, the rule of thumb is to use a 256-bit key.
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