[Cryptography] How can you enter a 256-bit key in 12 decimal digits?

Andrew Klapper klapper at cs.uky.edu
Mon Jan 4 16:19:15 EST 2016

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There are 95 printable characters in ASCII code.  40 symbols in a 95 symbol
alphabet is equivalent to about 262.8 bits.  Maybe that’s what they are thinking.

- Andy

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