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Jim

I understand that the 256 bit AES session key is more secure than the 4096 bit RSA public key used to encrypt the session key.

Since my password is also used to encrypt the session key, about how long would my password need to be for it to be more secure than the 4096 public key?  That is, it seems that password length is most likely the weak link for brute force or factoring attacks. Is this true?

Thanks,

Jim