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Re: IKE entropy issues with long keys

To: "Hilarie Orman" <HORMAN@novell.com>
Subject: Re: IKE entropy issues with long keys
From: Wes Hardaker <wes@hardakers.net>
Date: 05 Feb 2001 16:51:04 -0800
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>>>>> On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 13:06:12 -0700, "Hilarie Orman" <HORMAN@novell.com> said:

Hilarie> The AES requirements have more to do with cryptanalysis than
Hilarie> brute force key search.  The real enemy of 128 bits is
Hilarie> quantum computers*.

Right, if an attack is found that reduces your effective bit size to
half of its original, I can only hope that you're using a 256 bit key
to begin with (and one with 256 bits of entropy).

-- 
Wes Hardaker
NAI Labs
Network Associates

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From: "Hilarie Orman" <HORMAN@novell.com>

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