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- From: ariel@world.std.com (Robert L Ullmann)
- Subject: Re: New Encryption Method - a Challenge!
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- References: <1992Nov14.195515.27178@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:27:48 GMT
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- kocherp@leland.Stanford.EDU (Paul Carl Kocher) writes:
- > It sounds to me like this "encryption" system just involves XORing
- > random numbers onto the plaintext, which would explain why the program
- > is very short, cannot use keys, and produces different cryptotext when
- > run multiple times (different random number seeds stored at the beginning
- > of the cryptotext).
-
- Ah, very good. Does indeed sound like that.
-
- Perhaps the originator (whom, after all, may be misrepresented by the
- poster) has not designed security-by-obscurity, but simple obscurity-
- by-obscurity, a perfectly valid and useful concept. But not what we
- mean by cryptography.
-
- Cheers,
- Rob
-
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