Just found the article i read about it last year:
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci855800,00.html
quote from article:
Is a 128-bit key safe enough? Should encryption users consider even bigger keys?
Callas: A 128-bit key should be safe until and unless quantum computers become viable. And then 256-bit keys should be fine. However, there's no reason to go past that. While many algorithms support longer keys, they aren't tested very well with them and may actually be weaker with longer keys. Security people are conservative, and it's always a good idea to stick to things that are well-tested. I consider it the mark of a duffer to use Blowfish in 448-bit mode (its maximum) or some other algorithm in 512-bit mode. While it was fashionable a decade ago to make algorithms with these huge variable sizes, they haven't been tested at all.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid14_gci855800,00.html
quote from article:
Is a 128-bit key safe enough? Should encryption users consider even bigger keys?
Callas: A 128-bit key should be safe until and unless quantum computers become viable. And then 256-bit keys should be fine. However, there's no reason to go past that. While many algorithms support longer keys, they aren't tested very well with them and may actually be weaker with longer keys. Security people are conservative, and it's always a good idea to stick to things that are well-tested. I consider it the mark of a duffer to use Blowfish in 448-bit mode (its maximum) or some other algorithm in 512-bit mode. While it was fashionable a decade ago to make algorithms with these huge variable sizes, they haven't been tested at all.