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1996-04-20 - Re: why compression doesn’t perfectly even out entropy

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
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Message ID: <199604191756.NAA12031@jekyll.piermont.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-20 00:53:23 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 08:53:23 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 08:53:23 +0800
To: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Subject: Re: why compression doesn't perfectly even out entropy
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Andrew Loewenstern writes:
> Perry writes:
> >  Furthermore, I suggest you look up the Venona intercept work
> >  and tell me again about how far an advesary will go with a
> >  tiny toehold.
> 
> The Venona breaks came because the NSA had a lot of encrypted traffic and  
> some pads were used more than once, which is hardly a tiny toehold.

In general, they were used twice. Thats a pretty tiny toehold.

.pm

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