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> When we talk about 128-bit security, we mean that it takes ~2^128 work to break it; not that there's a 2^-128 chance that it is broken. But it also implies
by wtbob 11y ago
> When we talk about 128-bit security, we mean that it takes ~2^128 work to break it; not that there's a 2^-128 chance that it is broken.
But it also implies that e.g. the attacker has a 2^-128 chance of randomly guessing a key.