Re: Safe password?

From: paul_wary@xxxxxxxxx
Date: 28 Dec 2005 01:55:51 -0800

Mxsmanic wrote:

> On Windows machines, there are 225 printable characters (including the
> space), and if you use them all randomly in a 16-character password,
> you can obtain a keyspace of about 125 bits. Still insignificantly
> small compared to the keyspace of AES-256.

Does that mean if I have the choice between AES-256 and AES-128
combined with a 16-character password I could just as well take AES-128
being no less secure than AES-256?

Paul

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