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  1. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.den.mmc.com!thor!jhull
  3. From: jhull@vulcan-gw.den.mmc.com (Jeff Hull)
  4. Subject: Encryption plus compression (Was: Another well-intentioned novice's quest)
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan5.195004.5453@den.mmc.com>
  6. Sender: news@den.mmc.com (News)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.den.mmc.com
  8. Reply-To: jhull@vulcan-gw.den.mmc.com
  9. Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics Group
  10. References: <1993Jan05.160811.29681@rchland.ibm.com>
  11. Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:50:04 GMT
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  14. I thought that compression prior to encryption added "more than might
  15. otherwise be expected" strength to a system because it made differential 
  16. cryptanalytic attacks difficult or impossible.
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  18. Am I missing something here?
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  22.     /_    / ) / ) Jeff Hull           j.hull@vulcan-gw.den.mmc.com
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  26. No matter where you go ... there you are.
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