[math-fun] meaning of "security level=S" for cryptography
18 Aug
2013
18 Aug
'13
6:08 p.m.
It means breaking it is presumed to be about as hard as performing 2^S encryptions. For an S-bit secret key, security level S is the best one can hope for.
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Warren D Smith