| The Internet is a power tool in today's ever-growing society. We use the Internet for many things, such as research, banking, and commercial sales. In each of these businesses, there needs to be a safe haven for which security is not compromised while companies run its business online. To facilitate this security issue, it is best to define a problem and devise a solution. The problem is computer crime via hackers, crackers, and thieves. The solution is to apply a security system upon the online system. A second issue arises from this solution. What kind of security do we apply? The science of cryptology provides one means to combat these attacks. But still we need to decide on what algorithms to use. This work will introduce a finite set of cryptographic algorithms, perform a comparison based on a finite set of criteria from each algorithm, and draw conclusions about them. |
