[cs631apue] HW5 Key Confusion
Jan Schaumann
jschauma at stevens.edu
Thu Nov 29 11:28:07 EST 2012
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
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