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Glossary: Physical and Wireless Vectors, and Vulnerabilities

3DES (Triple DES)

Also written: Triple DES

An older encryption algorithm that runs DES three times. It is slow and uses small blocks, and NIST stopped allowing it for encryption after 2023, so AES should be used instead.

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Related terms

DES (Data Encryption Standard)AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)Cryptographic vulnerability