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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: 43 18
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:40:04 +0100
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On 30/03/2025 15:22, Mini Mailer wrote:
> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 30/03/2025 10:23, Mini Mailer wrote:
>>> 7TIF7LwSWzkdecLlTj8wu84q3TTxA7D5/xcwH3HJZjkkLbMsTjUvwrM72TEF9LEHDT/P7I/WFdH=
>>
>> They are different programs with different purposes, so there's not much
>> point in comparing them. For example, SCOS2 was designed to encrypt
>> *only* printable ASCII, a restriction that in the quest for
>> internationalisation your program completely overlooks... and that's
>> fine, because they are different programs with different purposes. Your
>> program also adds a layer of difficulty to ciphertext-only attacks,
>> whereas SCOS2 was designed to be easy to attack. And that too is fine;
>> they are different programs with different purposes.
>>
> 
> Well, their purposes should be the same

Why?

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