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If you send 2^68 bytes over a next-next-next-generation ethernet at 1 Tbps, you'll still run into the Y2038 bug before you finish.

Also, if you're sending more than 2^68 bytes of data, CBC is insecure too.




> Also, if you're sending more than 2^68 bytes of data, CBC is insecure too.

Can you explain why?


Birthday collisions.




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