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@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ received the other party's part. Thus an attacker essentially only has one attem
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attack the Diffie-Hellman exchange, and hence we can verify fewer bits while still
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achieving a high degree of security: if we verify n bits, then an attacker has a 1 in
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2\ :sup:`n` chance of success. For example, if we verify 40 bits, then an attacker has
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a 1 in 1,099,511,627,776 chance (or less than 1 in 1012 chance) of success. A failed
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a 1 in 1,099,511,627,776 chance (or less than 1 in 10\ :sup:`12` chance) of success. A failed
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attack would result in a mismatched Short Authentication String, alerting users to the
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attack.
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