Peter Gutmann wrote:
You can see where the magic-numbers problem has lead with the magic number
"128".  Provided that you mention this magic number somewhere in your
marketing literature, your product will be regarded as secure no matter how
bad it is in practice.

And of course "256" will be the new "128". Those who tried out my SSL test site at https://www.hecker.org/ will note that I am now 2^128 times more secure than your typical e-commerce site, at the leading edge of this exciting new trend in security :-)


Frank

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