Re: 3DES - 168 or 192 bits?

[Andrew Cooke]

> Josh Berezin wrote:
> 
> Parity -- of course!
> 
> Not to split hairs with Mr. Cooke, but 3DES is certainly much more
> than twice as secure as single DES, even if it does only provide 112
> effective bits of encryption. More like 2^56 times more secure
> (against an exhaustive search).

Sorry :-)

Andrew

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