RE: Steganography

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Sep 29 2001 - 22:12:24 MDT

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Samantha Atkins wrote,
> Please tell me how a message encoded with a one-time pad that is
> never recovered can be cracked.

I think you are confusing different conversations. I claim that
steganography is detectable. I claim that simple ciphers are crackable. I
claim that weak encryption can be brute-forced.

I never made any claims concerning one-time pads.

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