[Cryptography] Strength of 3DES?

Peter Gutmann pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz
Wed Aug 31 02:27:47 EDT 2016


Ray Dillinger <bear at sonic.net> writes:

>But yeah, if you've really got 126 gallons (honest, that's how much a
>buttload actually is!) of ciphertext, then the SWEET32 attack is much much
>easier.

For those not used to imperial units, a buttload is somewhere between an
(obsolete) arseload and a metric s**tload.  Not to be confused with a f**kton,
a unit used for dry goods, household items, and your wife/girlfriend's clothes
shopping.

Peter.


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