On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:40:42 +0200, R.S. wrote:

>W dniu 2010-10-12 23:17, Thomas Kern pisze:
>> Not just use the strongest, but you have to go out of your way to reject
>> using the "low" and "medium" strength ciphers. My cyber security people
>> complain about anything that is 112 bits or less.
>
>It's not so far from the strongest.
>BTW, rhetorical: Did your security people justified why 112 bits is bad?
>Provided any reason excpet "the stronger is the better"? Maybe some
>airline magazine article? <vbg>
>
Isn't 112 bits the key space of Triple DES with keying option 2?

-- gil

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