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Is 40 bits too little?

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NODE 35208e80Is 40 bits too little? Hal <74076.1041@CompuServe.COM>Mon, 19 Apr 93 22:38:04 PDT

Just to remind everyone, the clipper key is not 40 bits.
 
It is 80 bits.
 
It is not divided up into two 40-bit halves.
 
It is the result of xor'ing two 80-bit numbers, each of which would be held
separately.  Knowing one of the numbers would not improve your chances of
guessing the key.
 
Hal