Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:28:06 +0100 | From | Frank v Waveren <> | Subject | Re: partially encrypted filesystem |
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On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:02:02PM +0100, J?rn Engel wrote: > How can you claim that modern cryptosystems are immune to known > plaintext attacks? Just as it's perfectly reasonable to say that factoring large prime products is computationally infeasible. True, it might turn out to be untrue, but it's one of the general assumptions you go by when implementing a cryptographic system.
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