1994-07-15 - Re: Triple encryption…

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From: Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>
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Raw Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 16:10:56 PDT

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From: Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 94 16:10:56 PDT
Subject: Re: Triple encryption...
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On Fri, 15 Jul 1994, Carl Ellison wrote:
> I'd be most concerned about any ciphertext-only attack which is improved by
> having purely random bits as input.  Whichever algorithm is more resistant
Ahhhhhhh, I don't know how to say this, but no such atack exists, and 
none will ever exist.  You can not EVER atack a cipher if the plaintext 
is "random", as you have no basis for saying which "plaintext" is in fact 
the "plaintext".  Now if you know the plaintext(random bits) this is a 
different story.

Roger.

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• 1994-07-15 (Thu, 14 Jul 94 22:27:35 PDT) - Re: Triple encryption… - DAVESPARKS@delphi.com
  • 1994-07-15 (Fri, 15 Jul 94 10:30:28 PDT) - Re: Triple encryption… - Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
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      • 1994-07-17 (Sun, 17 Jul 94 09:53:27 PDT) - Re: Triple encryption… - Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
        • 1994-07-17 (Sun, 17 Jul 94 11:02:52 PDT) - Re: Triple encryption… - Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>