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Re: Password Based Encryption

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On 4/2/2012 7:04 PM, William Colls wrote:
>
> I am working on a project in which we will need to encrypt some files.
> For reason beyond my control, we will have to use Password Based
> Encryption, and for the most part we have that working. However, I have
> not, so far, been able to find any guidance that we can give our users
> with respect to the password it self: Minimum length? Maximum Length?
> Does case matter? We assume that the usual rules for "Strong Passwords"
> will apply.
>
> If anyone has useful pointers or links that will help in this regard,
> they will be greatly appreciated.


Iirc, there's quite a lot of algorithms that are grouped under the 
general description of "password based."  Can you say specifically what 
you are using, and what parameters you use in the Java API?  (I assume 
you're using the Java API.)

Otherwise, there might be far to many options to really cover anything 
more than just general platitudes.

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Password Based Encryption William Colls <william.colls@rogers.com> - 2012-04-02 22:04 -0400
  Re: Password Based Encryption Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-04-02 22:13 -0400
  Re: Password Based Encryption markspace <-@.> - 2012-04-02 19:26 -0700
  Re: Password Based Encryption Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-04-02 23:27 -0700

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