[Cryptography] XORing plaintext with ciphertext

[Jon Callas]

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On Sep 7, 2013, at 12:14 AM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:

> Got a question that's been bothering me for a whlie, but it's likely 
> purely academic.
> 
> Take the plaintext and the ciphertext, and XOR them together.  Does the 
> result reveal anything about the key or the painttext?

It better not. That would be a break of amazing simplicity that transcends broken. 

	Jon


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