From: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 94 19:52:23 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Multiple encryption
Message-ID: <gate.78TBNc1w165w@dxm.ernet.in>
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perry@imsi.com:
> Jay Prime Positive says:
> > If you suspect that some of the non DOD/NSA cyphers might be broken,
> > but you are not ready to employ one-time-pads, then you should
> > threshold you mesages into N parts so that all N are needed to recover
> > the original.  Then encrypt each part under a different cypher.
> 
> Its far simpler to encrypt your message with multiple systems, one
> after another, than to break it up in the manner you suggest, and the
> security is in fact better that way than in the manner you suggest.
> 

It's not a good idea to encrypt binaries unless you know what they are. It's
not a good idea to apply one encryption system over another unless you're
sure of what you're doing, and know the effect of the two interacting.


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