Re: What is the meaning of BIT in Encryption

["Cheetah" <cheetahx () online no>]

> > What is the meaning of BIT in Encryption ?
>
> hmm.. unless that is some acronym I never heard before,
> a bit in encryption is just a bit..  as in "eight bits make a byte".

No, what he is thinking of is things like 48-bit encryption, 128-bit
encryption, etc.
Personaly I'm wondering about this myself. The more bits the stronger the
encryption, but that's
as far as my understanding goes.

> > How is asymmetric encrytion work? Is there a simple ducument to
> > describe this kind of encryption?
>
> There a probably a million.
> Try this:  go to www.howstuffworks.com and use the search function
> to search for:    public key cryptography
>
> That will give you quite a lot to start with.
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