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From: phoffman@well.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: Naieve Inquiry: Streaming Cyphers (?)
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Date: Wed, 16-Jul-86 21:58:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 16 21:58:23 1986
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>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.
Is there a good way, then, of indicating where the random data ends and the
real data begins? You wouldn't want to use the same sequence each time since
it could be caught....