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Fun Facts With Encryption Keys: What Takes 183,587 Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Million Years to Crack?

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

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I once heard from a company that was advised that they should migrate from 128-bit AES to 256-bit. The advisor said that 128 bits could be easily cracked. As will we find, it is certainly possible to crack it, but it will take 539 million million million

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.