Re: Are natural languages secure ciphers?

From: Paul Schlyter (pausch_at_saaf.se)
Date: 10/05/03

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    In article <3elunvss8d8j5bbt6rtk7sr57vcb1tkaad@4ax.com>,
    Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote:
     
    > Christian Faulhammer writes:
    >
    >> 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.
    >
    > Can you give an example of context that would allow an unknown natural
    > language to be "cracked"?
     
    The Rosetta stone allowed the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to be
    "cracked". This was really a known plaintext "attack".

      

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