Re: Idea for algo.

From: Tom St Denis (tomstdenis_at_iahu.ca)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:57:05 GMT

"Peter" <peter_rabbit@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:MQqIb.872695$pl3.250677@pd7tw3no...
> Any serious thoughts? Has something like this been done before?

No and here's why. You have to shuffle after every byte you process. And
how do you shuffle? You need some random bits [or pseudo]. So you might as
well make better use of your PRNG.

I'd say study some cryptanalysis... don't make your own designs...

Tom

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