-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Marvin, Each key is 45 random (assuming /dev/random is random) base-64 characters. So the entropy available per key is 64^45 = 1.897x10^81. 256 bits of entropy is one in 2^256 = 1.157920e+77 which is all that ever gets used (think of it as a combination lock with 2^256 possibilities). So in fact there is plenty of entropy, good enough for a 256 bit key - the actual key used is likely the SHA-256 hash of the plain text key anyhow - Jari can confirm. Cheers, - ---Venkat. - -- Buy Gold: https://rayservers.com/new/gold http://1179726.e-gold.com/ Tel:+1-607-546-7300 Fax:+1-607-546-7387 Skype: rayservers PGP/GPG Key: https://rayservers.com/keys/0x12430522.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDXzEkWdkW/RJDBSIRAjRHAJ9ftk90xHrbw58MGa5Yii986cjpXQCgmKdh 6h5HKOF4Yd7NVViC8bcfYGE= =4o1z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
