How strong is the encryption in Keychain?

Make a note in Keychain - how strong is the encryption?

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 22, 2015 9:18 AM

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Apr 22, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Bo Boisen Pedersen

Apple uses this type of encryption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_DES Read John H.http://www.johnhendron.net/documents/OSX_Security.pdf

also read me http://www.macworld.com/article/1040403/workingmac.html

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Apr 22, 2015 9:28 AM in response to Bo Boisen Pedersen

Apples useful tips on Keychain iCloud security and privacy overview - Apple Support

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Apr 22, 2015 10:08 AM in response to Bo Boisen Pedersen

It's not documented, but you can assume that it's at least as strong as AES-128.

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