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How do you tell real ciphertext from complete random-generated garbage?

by maligree on 2/11/13, 4:25 PM with 1 comments

  • by lutusp on 2/11/13, 4:52 PM

    It's a measure of a cipher's quality that one cannot distinguish an encrypted message from a contentless one. Modern encryption methods don't give a decrypter any exploitable patterns. A method that did reveal patterns should be discarded in favor of one that doesn't -- there are many.