They are 256 bits. The hamming distance between 256 bit strings
ranges from 0-255.
On Oct 10, 2005, at 1:57 PM, David Mandelberg wrote:
>
> It looks good, but there's one thing I'm confused by:
>
> You said the fingerprints are 256b each, but then you say that the T
> values have to be 0-255. Are the fingerprints really 256b (1.16*10^77
> possible values), or are they 8b (256 possible values)?
>
> --
> David Mandelberg / dseomn / Some_Other_Nerd
> http://eth0.is-a-geek.org/ > Mon Oct 10 16:49:57 EDT 2005
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