Reply to post: Re: Misdirection Again (Why am I not surprised?)

Re: Misdirection Again (Why am I not surprised?)

@MJB7

OK......good for Kerckhoff! ....and Shannon!!

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.....but the point still remains.....you need to know the algorithm for decryption to be successful.

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.....even if you have to figure it out without ever seeing the machine (or the program code).

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.....so it DOES NOT HURT if the algorithm is hard to identify....does it?