Re: [OFFTOPIC] RC5 Challenge

Steve Reid wrote: > > > While spreading the news about the RC5 contest, I was asked the following > > question about the 56bit key and I wonder how to answer: > > What is the complication of this exhaustive search? I suppose it is > > exponential, but to what number? > > With a 56 bit key, ther

Re: [OFFTOPIC] RC5 Challenge

> While spreading the news about the RC5 contest, I was asked the following > question about the 56bit key and I wonder how to answer: > What is the complication of this exhaustive search? I suppose it is > exponential, but to what number? With a 56 bit key, there are 2 to the power of 56 possi

Re: [OFFTOPIC] RC5 Challenge

While spreading the news about the RC5 contest, I was asked the following question about the 56bit key and I wonder how to answer: What is the complication of this exhaustive search? I suppose it is exponential, but to what number? Thanks is advance Ioannis Tambouras [EMAIL PROTECTED