questions about bits and bytes
jamesd at echeque.com
jamesd at echeque.com
Tue Apr 9 04:39:18 PDT 1996
At 09:33 PM 4/8/96 -0400, Jack Mott wrote:
> a bit is 1 or 0
> 8 bits make up a byte (0-255)
> If I have a 5 byte key, does that make it a 40 bit key?
Yes.
> The only
> reason this doesn't make sense to me is it seems useless to use 5 byte
> keys, yet that is what companies export since the government limits keys
> to 40 bits.
Yes, a 40 bit key is useless. What is it that does not make sense to you?
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