Strong Encryption: The application employs a 160-bit key, providing a high level of security for encrypting plaintext. This key size is considered robust and provides strong protection against brute-force attacks.

Confidentiality: It ensures data confidentiality by converting plaintext into ciphertext, making it unreadable without the corresponding decryption key.

High-Level Security: The encryption strength is highlighted by the fact that it would take an extremely large number of attempts (approximately 2^160 or a 17-digit number of tries) to crack the key using current computational capabilities.

Resistance to Brute-Force Attacks: Given the large key size, modern processors lack the computational power to crack the key within a short period, ensuring resistance against brute-force attacks.

Block Encryption: The plaintext is divided into blocks for encryption, adding an extra layer of security to the data.

Ciphertext Integrity: The encryption process maintains the integrity of the ciphertext, ensuring that even if intercepted, it remains secure without the decryption key.