From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-11 15:03:15 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:03:15 -0800 (PST)
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 07:03:15 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Sifting data; looking for "strong crypto"
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"Murray Hayes" <mhayes@infomatch.com> writes:
> As far as bit patterns go, is executable code random?
No - it's very much not random in the sense that given just a few bytes one
often has a pretty good idea of what the next byte would be.
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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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