> a Hex number is base 16. In binary this would take four bits to > represent. Such as the hex number "a" would be 1011. Therefore a hex > number of "05bde5b843" is 10 digits long. Therefore it would be a 40 > bit key right?
Correct on all points - it's 40-bits - let's count them <grin> 0000,0101,1011,1101,1110,1111,1011,1000,0100,0011 > Just making sure that I am not crazy.... No more than the rest of us. Now for bonus bits lets try the exercise in Octal... 267573734103 -- Edmund Cramp http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm
