Homework 4

Download and install of OPENSSL. Measure and compare the performance of the following algorithms:

DES

3DES

AES (128 bit)

RC4 (128 bit)

RSA (1024 bit)

MD5

SHA1

Steps:

1. Generate a large file (> 1M bytes)

2. Run each algorithm at least 3 times. Measure and record the average speed.

3. Sort the algorithms by speed and generate a figure (using Excel).