[vox-tech] Linux's Vulnerability to E-mail Viruses

[ME]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Rod Roark wrote:
> Interesting, I never thought about that before.  The "locking" 
> (and corresponding unlocking) could easily be done by xor'ing 
> against some string of pseudo-random characters that only 
> the encryptor knows how to produce.

The most advanced encryption available is found when you use 2XOR
(double-XOR) with your data and the same key.

You also get a huge cost savings in performance, as some stes can be
skipped and, 8 bit 2XOR is just as secure as 2048bit 2XOR (assuming the
same key in both passes.

(Tongue in cheek - biteing down hard.)

(This would have been better posted April, 1,2002  ;-)

-ME

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