NODE 7c49350cMore on Netscape
"Sean A. Walberg" <sean@escape.ca>Thu, 17 Aug 95 14:03:07 PDT
I guess most everybody has seen the response that Netscape put on their
page, but did people check out the "for more info" link
(http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/key_security.html)
It says that the commerce server supports (among others) DES and DES3
(same as 3DES?). They list the key sizes as 64 and 192 bits
respectively. My question is, isn't DES 56 bits? (with an 8 bit salt
that would be 64 I guess), but isn't DES3 112 bits, not 192?
Just wondering...
Sean
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NODE 6f48f558Re: More on Netscape
"Ian S. Nelson" <ian@bvsd.k12.co.us>Thu, 17 Aug 95 17:01:44 PDT
>
> I guess most everybody has seen the response that Netscape put on their
> page, but did people check out the "for more info" link
> (http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/key_security.html)
>
> It says that the commerce server supports (among others) DES and DES3
> (same as 3DES?). They list the key sizes as 64 and 192 bits
> respectively. My question is, isn't DES 56 bits? (with an 8 bit salt
> that would be 64 I guess), but isn't DES3 112 bits, not 192?
>
> Just wondering...
>
That would be one key for encrypting, another key for decrypting and a third
key for encrypting again. 64*3=192.