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On Thursday 13 December 2001 15:14, Jerome Etienne wrote:
> > blowfish is fast and has quite a long track record. I'd use it if
> > it wasn't for the 64bit blocksize. In fact, I do use it ;-)
> > The blocksize isn't an issue if you enrypt only modest volumes of
> > data under a single key (like you should!) Several hundred MB are
> > OK. But don't go beyond 2 or 3 GB.
>
> what are the detail of the problem with blowfish beyond 2 or 3GB ?
Birthday attack. Equal ciphertexts are being generated. Actually, the
boundary is 32G, but it's best to stay away from it.
Marc
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