DES facts

April 19, 2008 | Networking Security

DES uses 64bit keys, although the effective key length is only 56 bits The decryption operation for both DES and 3DES is the same as the encryption operation.

DES & 3DES Key Lengths

April 16, 2008 | Networking Security

Key Lengths: DES 56bits 3DES 168 bits.