-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 13 Oct 1997 semprini@theschool.com wrote:
Hello. I just posted an encryption program on the web. It uses a key- generated pseudorandom stream of characters that get XORed with the plaintext to produce the cyphertext.
Why do peaple keep posting examples of this lame cryptosystem? I mean how meany examples of XOR with the output of a pydorandom strame do we have to see? Semprini please find some good books on Crypto (and read the sci.crypt FAQ) to see why what you have done is week. - -- Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia see the url in my header. Never trust a country with more peaple then sheep. ex-net.scum and proud You Say To People "Throw Off Your Chains" And They Make New Chains For Themselves? --Terry Pratchett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNENE1qQK0ynCmdStAQGoQAQA1HWIeTuCIhOKSc+owY7tkgp/ENlIXy5r J3Wy5pF7JuopRrR7F0xoj3Y3hv/IAcXFD2jhjziAGdqiqQR+hnTQWJZHROB/G+4v osAFM1v/2aOTV8gLca+xRDYpVVt+wWy0dWOHYrKIebEldnnhFVJp5fRSngdjqcjY yLB7BqVFFBk= =RQN1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----