Re: A few questions about C programming.

From: Paul Rubin (//phr.cx_at_NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: 06 Oct 2004 16:34:42 -0700

DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre <nntp_pipex@demaine.info> writes:
> in my message dated from 06/10/04 03:43 in sci.crypt, I explain that I
> expect the craker to have acces to the key.

If you can't keep the key away from the cracker, you can't keep the
algorithm away from him either. If he has both the key and the algorithm,
you are hosed no matter what algorithm you used.

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