[cs631apue] HW5 Key Confusion

[Jan Schaumann]

tparisi <tparisi at stevens.edu> wrote:
> I'm confused because a 16 length hex key is 64 bits because every two  
> characters is a hex-digit.  Meaning that normally a 16 byte length  
> string is 128 bits but if its a hex string isn't it only 64 bits because  
> every two characters is a hex-digit.  So, if you have the string  
> FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF (16F's) that comes to 255 255 255 255 255 255 (255 8  
> times).  This means there are still 8 slots in the array that are not  
> filled.  I may be wrong in my thinking which is why I am confused.

I see.  Did my last email clarify this?  (There were probably a few
emails going across.)

-Jan