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Re: 3DES keys
> The modular exponentiation, elliptic curve, and key generator
> algorithms provide a number of bits of keying material. Use of an
> algorithm which produces a fewer number of keying bits than required
> for a selected transform results in less robust security than would
> otherwise be expected.
Shouldn't this be "fewer than *twice* as many keying bits ..." ?
(The 155 bits from the elliptic curve example is only good for 155/2 keying
bits.)
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