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Article #4090Re: turning a plaintext source into a good "random" key
From: jmm
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1988 21:45
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1988 21:45
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Would removing all words of less than x characters significantly improve the quality of one-time book pads? And what would a useful value of x be? (I would suggest x=5 at a minimum to eliminate all instances of 'this,' 'that,' etc. Would this be enough?) / James Moore / | jmm@bartleby.berkeley.edu / / |--------------------------------------------| / Ma ta Gaeilge agut, / | Nil aon speis ag Ollscoile na | / scriobh i! / | California im bharulacha fein. |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!agate!thoth15.berkeley.edu!jmm From: jmm@thoth15.berkeley.edu Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: turning a plaintext source into a good "random" key Message-ID: <7304@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 1 Mar 88 21:45:04 GMT References: <8803011848.AA05787@decwrl.dec.com> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: jmm@thoth15.berkeley.edu.UUCP () Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 8