• sik0fewl@piefed.ca
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    14 hours ago

    AES is asymmetric encryption and cannot be used for the same things as RSA. EdDSA would be more comparable to RSA.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      14 hours ago

      I know that AES is symmetrical. I was using it to illustrate that symmetrical and asymmetrical encryption have tradeoffs that cannot be worked around.