Re: RC2ParameterVersion in example 6.3

Paul Hoffman / IMC <[email protected]> Sat, 3 May 2003 09:58:35 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.smime-examples
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At 8:40 PM -0700 5/2/03, Blake Ramsdell wrote:
>Example 6.3 in examples-10 states that the example is "Basic encrypted
>content, RC2/40 and RSA".  The RC2 parameter value is:
>
>  248 02    1:             INTEGER 58
>
>Which I believe corresponds to a 128-bit effective key length, not a
>40-bit effective key length.

Man, we went through this a zillion times when we writing S/MIME v2. 
Could someone verify this for me? I'm happy changing the title of the 
example, but don't want to fall into the same hole we have in the 
past.

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