Common Backup Terms Explained

DES (Data Encryption Standard)

Question: What is DES (Data Encryption Standard)?
Answer: An encryption method developed in 1975 and standardized by ANSI in 1981 as ANSI X.3.92. DES is a symmetric key encryption method that uses a 56-bit key. DES uses the block cipher method, which encrypts text in 64-bit blocks.

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