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Re: IPG Algorith Broken!
On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Perfect is a better term. Strictly speaking it is because there is no
> > finite unicity distance (the amount of ciphertext with which the
> > cipher can theoretically be broken). So, stricly speaking, for a given
> > message C and a prospective pad, P, out of a set of N pads which may
> > or may not be correct:
> >
> > P(P|C) = N^-1
>
> What does it mean?
>
Yes, McPuff, what does it mean. Like all of your other pabulum, it does not
mean anything that has any significance to anyone living or yet to live.
I also greatly appreciate you defining unicity distance for me, I have
always wanted to know that.
With kindest regards,
Don Wood