Re: Are natural languages secure ciphers?

From: George Ou (533george_ou234_at_netzero234.com)
Date: 10/05/03 

Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 17:29:42 GMT

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 10:20:30 +0000 (UTC), pausch@saaf.se (Paul
Schlyter) wrote:

>What is "ZIP compression"?
>
>There's no compression algorithm called "ZIP compression". However,
>the ZIP file compressor and archiver uses four or five different
>algorithms, choosing the one which produces the smallest compressed
>version for a particular file. There's even a "compression algorithm"
>called "Storing" which doesn't compress at all but merely copies the
>data -- it's there to ensure that the compressed version never grows
>larger than the uncompressed version of the file.

There is also no such thing as "AES algorithm", but many people use it
in that context.

George Ou
http://www.LANArchitect.net

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