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> That's why you'd see 256bit symmetric keys, and 2048bit or more public/secret keys. This is true for RSA based schemes, but keep in mind that elliptic curve
by nhaehnle 14y ago
> That's why you'd see 256bit symmetric keys, and 2048bit or more public/secret keys.
This is true for RSA based schemes, but keep in mind that elliptic curve based asymmetric schemes are believed to be secure even with much shorter key lengths.