[cs631apue] HW5 Key Confusion
tparisi
tparisi at stevens.edu
Thu Nov 29 10:47:00 EST 2012
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.
Tom
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