I’m looking to encrypt data in chunks of 1024 bytes (not many). I don’t mean generating a hash or compressing – just encrypt.
Looking for open source implementation + good algorithm.
Order of importance: (1) Simplicity (2) Speed (3) Strength
Strength: Solvable in reasonable time with a high end supercomputer
My suggestion would be Crypto++. It has many algorithms and I believe you don’t have to take the library as a whole.