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Re: purloined letter
On Jan 5, 10:19, Peter Breton wrote:
> Subject: purloined letter
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm fairly new here and not sure if this topic has come up before, but
> I'll offer it anyway:
>
> In using encrypted communications, how does one avoid the problem of
> calling attention to the message BECAUSE it is encrypted? "If he went to
> the trouble of coding it, there MUST be something in there!!" Granted that
> if everyone begins encrypting, this problem will vanish... are there
> practical solutions in the meantime? (eg, Codes that look like plaintext?)
The best way to prevent this type of traffic analysis is to encrypt
everything. As a second best, encrypt all correspondence with a specific
person.
Mark
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