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From: magik@chinet.UUCP (Ben Liberman)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: Naieve Inquiry: Streaming Cyphers (?)
Message-ID: <430@chinet.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Jul-86 00:14:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 15 00:14:27 1986
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In article <1065@ogcvax.UUCP> pase@ogcvax.UUCP (Douglas M. Pase) writes:
>
> ....... would there be a delay while the box soaked up a block, encrypted
>it, then transmitted the result?
>
>I realize that a pipelined approach would be one alternative, but I would like
>to avoid the setup time required to fill the pipe.

If your available bandwidth can handle the traffic (if you can ship data faster
than you are creating it) then you could constantly ship blocks padded out with
random data.  This eliminates input-to-transmission delays and may give greater
security by not letting people know the frequency or size of your transmissions.

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Ben Liberman

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