[51788] in Cypherpunks
Re: Cryptanalysis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E. ALLEN SMITH)
Sat Mar 9 20:10:48 1996
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 19:58 EDT
From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
To: tcmay@got.net
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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From: IN%"tcmay@got.net" 9-MAR-1996 12:05:04.70
>There are very good reasons to say little about "conventional
>cryptanalysis": it just doesn't matter much with modern ciphers, such as
>public key systems. Modern ciphers don't fall to conventional attacks based
>on word frequency, pattern analysis, etc.
I realize that this may also be considered an out of date subject,
but what's a good reference for codes as opposed to cyphers (other than
the one reference in the Cyphernomicon which includes "codes" in its title)?
Thanks,
-Allen
