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author | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2002-03-05 15:30:13 +0000 |
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committer | Bodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org> | 2002-03-05 15:30:13 +0000 |
commit | 2bbaab4a244ca5c8a9ae301039c5b29d546cef28 (patch) | |
tree | 71b07a1f2565c2cf57124ca34aaecccf870b787f /doc | |
parent | 1a8f4b57a9ba6a28345b98bf7aa09d9fde46686b (diff) |
Rephrase statement on the security of two-key 3DES.
[Chosen plaintext attack: R. Merkle, M. Hellman: "On the Security of
Multiple Encryption", CACM 24 (1981) pp. 465-467, p. 776.
Known plaintext angriff: P.C. van Oorschot, M. Wiener: "A
known-plaintext attack on two-key triple encryption", EUROCRYPT '90.]
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/des_modes.pod b/doc/crypto/des_modes.pod index 36b77c454d..da75e8007d 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/des_modes.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/des_modes.pod @@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ just one key. =item * If the first and last key are the same, the key length is 112 bits. -There are attacks that could reduce the key space to 55 bit's but it -requires 2^56 blocks of memory. +There are attacks that could reduce the effective key strength +to only slightly more than 56 bits, but these require a lot of memory. =item * |