Security: Generating a Symmetric Key

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When I was first learning AppSec, my buddy, Josh Bonnett, sent me Cryptographic Right Answers. I read it 3 times and still barely understood it. But, now, it's my favorite page for figuring out the right thing to do when it comes to cryptography.Suppose you need to create a secret (i.e. a symmetric key). You need it to be long enough. That page...