Is Twofish deprecated?
I have been reading the source of the Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) lately and came across this: The two-fish block cipher Twofish is no longer supported, although it can be found in the open source JCE. Its purpose has been superseded by AES-256 and AES-192 in the FIPS-approved NIST-2.
Is this true? I thought I remember seeing a reference to Twofish somewhere on this website. Where is it mentioned that Twofish is deprecated? The only references are a comment in the source code of the Rijndael algorithm and a wikipedia article which states: "However, the authors state that "the two-fish block cipher Twofish is no longer supported", and that its purpose has been superseded by AES-256 and AES-192 in the FIPS-approved NIST-2." I searched the internet for a reference but didn't find any. The only reference I found was a comment in the source code of the Rijndael algorithm which you linked in your question.
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