Re: why compression doesn't perfectly even out entropy

JonWienke@aol.com writes:

[Slightly ad hominem PSA deleted]

1. If "cooking" a byte sequence in a manner that reduces its maximum entropy by less than 1% allows an attacker to break your cryptosystem, then it is crap to begin with. With only a little more effort, he could break it anyway.

I would suggest that you look at differential and linear cryptanalysis to learn what a tiny little statistical toehold will give you. My "ad hominem PSA" stands. I suggest people not trust Mr. Wienke's pronouncements. He appears to be suffering from significant hubris. Perry