Re: Asymmetric vs symmetric

<hassan.jameel@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135064967.617088.103200@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> under this definition can we say that asymmetric encryption algorithms
> in general provide more security then the symmetric counterparts or
> vice versa? ...

I think Kristian's answer needs a bit more explaination. It is simply a
matter of choosing parameters correctly to get the same security level.
While we can argue endlessly about what those parameters are, we can all
generally agree that they exist.
                        Joe
Received on Fri Dec 23 20:11:13 2005