Re: Are natural languages secure ciphers?

From: Christian Faulhammer (usenet.jojo.1.leder_at_spamgourmet.com)
Date: 10/04/03


Date: 04 Oct 2003 21:24:00 +0200

Tach Mxsmanic, 0x2B859DE3 (PGP-PK-ID)

Mxsmanic schrieb:
> Why haven't the codebreakers revealed how an Inca quipu works?

 You need a lot of context to break language. If you don't have it, it
is really hard if you cannot find a base where it belongs to (all Roman
languages are very similar, so you can use Italian to understand
Spanish). In encryption normally context is given.

V-Li

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