Encryption/decryption key size

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Security : Cryptography : Symmetric (secret) key cryptography : Encryption/decryption key size

Encryption keys vary in size.The larger the key the harder it is to break. The encryption algorithms supported by OpenEdge have the following key sizes:

56 (DES)

128 (AES and RC4)

168 (DES3)

192 (AES)

256 (AES)

The trade-off between the key sizes is that larger keys take longer to encrypt and decrypt.