In article <020320061715258677%somebody@somewhere.net>,
<somebody@somewhere.net> wrote:

>The security of an encryption algorithm depends solely on two things:
>the length of the key and the strength of the resistance of the
>algorithm to cryptanalysis.

But the algorithm is only one portion of the matter. The security
of the keys and the security of the key distribution mechanism
are also important, and those differ between different kinds
of encryption algorithms.