[Cryptography] XORing plaintext with ciphertext

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Sat Sep 7 15:58:58 EDT 2013


* Dave Horsfall:

> Take the plaintext and the ciphertext, and XOR them together.  Does the 
> result reveal anything about the key or the painttext?

Yes, their length.


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