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I was wondering which is the best way to encrypt and decrypt user data, to make it much more secure as it is possible?

I was reading about AES but i would like to know if is really the best way.

Me i was planning to use AES and a secrete key for encrypt/decrypt, is there any better way?

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Your question is as unanswerable as would be: Traveling, is flying the best? – fgrieu Oct 1 '12 at 10:31
You will need to post a lot more detail before any sort answer will be feasible. What is the data, how much data is there, where will the key come from, is the data stored (i.e., at rest) or sent across the wire, who is suppose to decrypt the data, who is your adversary (i.e., who shouldn't be able to access the data in plaintext form)? Answer all these, and then flag the question and I'll reopen it. – mikeazo♦ Oct 1 '12 at 11:25

closed as not a real question by fgrieu, mikeazo♦ Oct 1 '12 at 11:26

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