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DES also has a weak all 0 key (ignoring parity bits)



Why is it weak?



Ah, I had looked for zero, null, and 000 in the DES Wikipedia article but it wasn't mentioned. Didn't think to search for a dedicated article. Thanks!

Saving others a click:

> DES has a few specific keys termed "weak keys" and "semi-weak keys". These are keys that cause the encryption mode of DES to act identically to the decryption mode of DES




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