Re: Cryptographic Functions

["M.B.Jr." <marcio.barbado () gmail com>]

Hi,


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM, M.D.Mufambisi<mufambisi () gmail com> wrote:
> 1. When a passphrase is used a key in symetric cryptography, how does
> the pass phrase map to the key in an algorithm like AES? ie....how
> many letters correspond to 1 bit? etc?


the passphrase concept is used for asymmetric cryptography, not
symmetric. The latter uses the term "password". And it maps to no key
since it, as a matter of fact, is the "key".



Regards,




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