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Re: [PEN-TEST] Brute Forcing MS-EFS


From: Ryan Russell <ryan () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 01:58:43 -0800

On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Yonatan Bokovza wrote:

A. More info about DESX. Is my overview correct?

Nope.  DESX is an extension to DES that is supposed to provide more
security by utilizing multiple DES operations with different keys.  For
example, triple-DES is a form of DESX, and it's good for 112 or 168 bits,
depnding on how you do it.

http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/3-2-7.html

                                                Ryan


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