| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,516,745,717 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
key length |
Also found in: Wikipedia | 0.14 sec. |
key lengthThe number of bits available for the longest keys in a cryptographic implementation. For example, the key length of a particular Diffie-Hellman/DSS PGP key can be anywhere from 1024 bits to 4096 bits. See key space and key fingerprint. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
The more complex the key, the harder it is to break the encryption; so AES with a 256-bit key length renders the algorithm unbreakable. The difficulty of cracking an encrypted message is a function of the key length. 0 ensures that all significant cryptographic parameters - symmetric key length, asymmetric key length, digital signature algorithms - are of equivalent strength, as recommended in NIST guidelines. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|