Re: Implementing byte stream cipher


Volker Hetzer wrote:

This would work only if
b) the keystream is reused, which kill security with *any* stream cipher.

*You* know that. *I* know that. But I don't see any evidence that the
*OP* knows that.

That is the point of my post - to warn the OP of that issue.

Cheers,
TC (MVP MSAccess)
http://tc2.atspace.com

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