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Re:Socat: “the hard coded 1024 bit DH p parameter was not pr... by wtbob on Monday February 01, 2016 @08:10PM (#11017044)
> When we talk about 128-bit security, we mean that it takes ~2^128 work to break it; not that there's a 2^-128 chance that it is broken.

But it also implies that e.g. the attacker has a 2^-128 chance of randomly guessing a key.

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