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Several security researchers claim that blowfish has better performance than other symmetric encryption algorithms and does not have any known security vulnerabilities. research blowfish and create a one-page paper that outlines its strengths, weaknesses, how it is currently being used, etc. based on your research, do you agree that blowfish may be a top choice?

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Through my research, I discovered that blowfish has an advanced algorithm that has become popular cryptographic software. It provides adequate security but has an issue encrypting large blocks of data. It is also has a vulnerability to "birthday attacks." It's successor, Two-fish, is more advanced and also popular but not as widespread as blowfish.
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