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To: jim@bilbo.suite.com (Jim Miller)
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From: smb@research.att.com
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 17:42:15 PST
To: jim@bilbo.suite.com (Jim Miller)
Subject: really hiding encrypted data
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Well, the output of an additive knapsack encryption has a normal
distribution. More precisely, if you encrypt many input values
with the same public key, the resulting output values will follow
a normal distribution. This is because you're adding up a set
of large numbers with an apparent uniform-random distribution.
Not quite you what you asked, I realize.
--Steve Bellovin
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