From mdiehl at triton.unm.edu  Mon Jul 12 21:42:01 1993
From: mdiehl at triton.unm.edu (J. Michael Diehl)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 93 21:42:01 PDT
Subject: xor data hiding?
In-Reply-To: <9307130306.AA15377@snark.shearson.com>
Message-ID: <9307130441.AA24227@triton.unm.edu>


According to Perry E. Metzger:
> Sadly, the Friedmans already cracked the "multiple repeating xored
> keys" cypher a while back -- about fifty years ago.

I knew it was crackable.  That wasn't the point.  The point was data hiding.

> Don't be embarassed, by the way -- everyone comes up with cyphers that
> have been cracked before. However, I would suggest reading "The
> Codebreakers" and the current literature before proposing new systems.

I'm not embarassed; I didn't develope the crypto I was discussing.  I was simply
discussing a new application for it.  I will read Codebreakers.  

Thanx.

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