Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!hwcs!zen!frank
From: frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: One time pads?
Message-ID: <1165@zen.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 88 18:54:32 GMT
References: <4209@june.cs.washington.edu> <1988Feb15.151522.5094@utzoo.uucp> <7272@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1988Feb19.150017.454@utzoo.uucp>
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Summary: Ma Bhzt

In article <1988Feb19.150017.454@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>A tip for the aspiring spies :-) in the audience:
>
>Using the text of a book as the key isn't very secure, because a key which
>is English text shows strong patterns (although using a book written in
>some obscure language might help...). 

Try a phone book; I haven't found one I could understand the story in yet. :-)


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