Ian, Only AES and 3DES are encryption/decryption solutions (so called ciphers). MD5 is a crypto hash function no loger deemed safe (there are few much better ones) and Base64 is an encoding used to transfer binary data over text based protocols using only ASCII characters.
Daniel On 6 January 2012 10:04, giles ian <gilesian....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Which is the best encryption method. > > My need is to encrypt data and store it in DB. > > Which would be the best among: > > 1. Base 64 > 2. AES > 3. 3 DES > 4. MD - 5 > > in terms of: > > 1. Security > 2. Performance > 3. Easy of implementation > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Daniel Drozdzewski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
