[4914] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: permutations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gw-terisa)
Sat Jun 19 22:17:47 1999
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:13:48 -0700
To: Mike Stay <stay@counterpane.com>, cryptography@c2.net
From: gw-terisa <gw@terisa.com>
if keys > 1, then you have in essence just whacked bits off the key size.
Unless you asked your question oddly and missed your intent, I can't see
any value in keys>1.
>
>What are the pros/cons of having only one key take a given plaintext to
>a given ciphertext?
>--
>Mike Stay
>Cryptographer / Programmer
>AccessData Corp.
>mailto:staym@accessdata.com
>
>
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