Re: Encrypted Communications and Predictable Communications?

Bennett Todd <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:09:12 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.security.programming
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A basic notion in modern crypto algorithm and protocol design is
that brute-forcing the key should be the only way to compromise
the cryptosystem, even in the face of known plaintext. In fact, a
cryptosystem is considered weak if it can be compromised more
easily by _chosen_ plaintext.

-Bennett

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