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Target’s Use of 3DES Encryption Invites Scrutiny, Worry

Target’s admission that encrypted PIN data was stolen and secured with 3DES encryption has experts concerned because of the age of the algorithm and the availability of stronger options. Target ...
Ars Technica

Outlook encryption from local CA only provides 3DES encryption?

I'm testing encrypting emails from Outlook 2010. I'm using self signed certs issued from our internal CA. The resulting encrypted emails are only showing that the encryption layer is 3DES. (By ...
EDN

Atmel’s ‘Deterministic’ ARM7 MCUs Combine Ethernet, CAN, USB, Encryption With Support for Real-time Apps

Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today the industry's first two ARM7-based, flash MCUs with embedded ...
EDN

ARM7 μCs combine Ethernet, CAN, USB, encryption

Devices' DMA ensures 4+-Mbit/s data transfer and 80-Mbit/s streaming encryption Intended for extensively networked real-time embedded systems, the AT91SAM7X128 and AT91SAM7X256 are said to be the ...