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Re: morphine encryption?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Conrad)
Sun Oct 18 10:51:32 1998

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 05:42:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David R. Conrad" <drc@adni.net>
To: M Taylor <mctaylor@privacy.nb.ca>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981018000717.1797B-100000@privacy.nb.ca>

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On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, M Taylor wrote:

> From: <http://www.concomsys.com/frame1.htm>:
> ...
> WHISPER 
>  High level security - a morphing encryption rate of at least 1 kilobyte 
> 
> VANGUARD 
>  Absolute security - a morphing encryption rate of at least 20 kilobytes 
> 
>  Primary Features: 
> 
> ...
>   Maintains file size to the original. 

Read: XORs with pseudo-random keystream for utter insecurity.
I'll bet.  Also, notice that the more "secure" version is faster.

David R. Conrad <drc@adni.net>

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