Keychain Encryption Method?

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Keychain Encryption Method?

I've been searching around and I can't seem to find it. When locked a keychain is supposed to be secure, but I want to know what type of encryption keychain access utilizes. Is it AES? 3DES? Something else entirely? I want to know before I blindly put sensitive information into my keychain.

Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 29, 2009 8:01 PM

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Kappy

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Mar 29, 2009 8:11 PM in response to tides

It uses 3DES 128 bit encryption if I remember correctly.

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V.K.

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Mar 29, 2009 8:12 PM in response to tides

it's 3TDES.

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biovizier

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Mar 30, 2009 8:14 AM in response to tides

..." Is it AES? 3DES?"...

From:
http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/MacOSXLeopard_SecurityTB.pdf
..." All the password data in the keychain is protected using the Triple Digital Encryption Standard (3DES)."...

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