Encryption key length (RC4 and Blowfish)

From: XLNGS (newsgroup_at_xlteknologies.com)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: 7 Jul 2004 22:54:11 -0700

Hi all,

I have a few doubts about the encryption key length.

If I am using 64-bit encryption does that mean that the key is 64-bit
long?

Second is, does anyone know anything about the weakness of RC4 and
Blowfish encryption algs?

Thanks.

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