Re: Clearing up some of my mistakes on serial number

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> On Aug 20, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> It is 64 - 160 BITS

Correct, with the word "cryptographically random" somewhere in
there, for at least 64 of the bits.

> Which is 8 - 20 OCTETS

Correct, since an "octet" is 8 bits.

> or 4 - 10 BYTES

No, a "byte" nowdays is the same as an "octet", though there have been
variant definitions of byte, while "octets" have always been 8 bits.

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	Viktor.

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