1993-07-14 - Re: xor data hiding?
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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 730471d436b80d19bb145d3e40cef89b76c9f57a3b3d1ddea10162cc1b855758
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Reply To: <9307140017.AA03238@triton.unm.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1993-07-14 15:47:40 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 08:47:40 PDT
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 08:47:40 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: xor data hiding?
In-Reply-To: <9307140017.AA03238@triton.unm.edu>
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J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu> says:
> According to Douglas Sinclair:
> The point wasn't to be unbreakably secure; it was to be UNFINDABLY
> secure. We convolute an allready encrypted message to the point of
> not being recognizable as cyphertext, then we hide it on the end of
> a file. We want it to look like garbage.
Cyphertext from any decent system ALREADY looks random. Whats the
point of doing more to it?
Perry
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- 1993-07-13 (Mon, 12 Jul 93 19:30:41 PDT) - xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-13 (Mon, 12 Jul 93 20:06:58 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
- 1993-07-13 (Mon, 12 Jul 93 21:42:01 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-13 (Tue, 13 Jul 93 07:41:33 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - Douglas Sinclair <dsinclai@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- 1993-07-14 (Tue, 13 Jul 93 17:51:48 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-14 (Wed, 14 Jul 93 08:47:40 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
- 1993-07-15 (Wed, 14 Jul 93 22:36:32 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-15 (Thu, 15 Jul 93 00:43:47 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - mike@EGFABT.ORG (Mike Sherwood)
- 1993-07-15 (Thu, 15 Jul 93 07:05:31 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
- 1993-07-15 (Wed, 14 Jul 93 22:36:32 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-14 (Wed, 14 Jul 93 08:47:40 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
- 1993-07-14 (Tue, 13 Jul 93 17:51:48 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - J. Michael Diehl <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu>
- 1993-07-13 (Mon, 12 Jul 93 20:06:58 PDT) - Re: xor data hiding? - “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>