Aes key length significance/implications
- by cppdev
Hi,
I am using a AES algorithm in my application for encrypting plain text. I am trying to use a key which is a six digit number. But as per the AES spec, the key should be minimum sixteen bytes in length. I am planning to append leading zeros to my six digit number to make it a 16 byte and then use this as a key.
Would it have any security implications ? I mean will it make my ciphertext more prone to attacks.
Please help.