RC2 keylength in CMS.
Dr Stephen Henson <drh@celocom.com> Wed, 31 March 1999 21:08 UTC
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In CMS there are still a couple of references to the RC2 key length being always 128 bits. Specifically 12.3.1 and 12.6. Whereas X9.42 refelects the change and that RC2 effective and real key lengths are equal. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: shenson@drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk Senior crypto engineer, Celo Communications: http://www.celocom.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: drh@celocom.com PGP key: via homepage.
- RC2 keylength in CMS. Dr Stephen Henson