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In sci.electronics, honig@ics.uci.edu (David A. Honig) writes:

> If you use a method of coding your messages where:
>  You use ordinary phrases to mean other things,  
>  And you use a shared, trusted codebook ( translation lookup-table),
> Then you could use unsecure channels to communicate securely.
     [ ... ]
> If done right, this will not attract the attention that a scrambled or
> otherwise coded signal would.

     In practice, it is extremely difficult to have a codebook that
produces a conversation that makes sense and flows smoothly, and, if you
do not have a coded message that makes sense and flows smoothly, it will
stand out a like a sore thumb to trained eyes.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	darrylo%hpnmd@hpcea.HP.COM