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Re: The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a

• To: aray@n... (Arjun Ray)
• Subject: Re: The sky is falling! XML's dirty secret! Go back! It's a trap!
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 08:40:44 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <3n4dfug4jbmmbfb3u4t4dgr3levjgu6ivb@4...> from "Arjun Ray" at May 30, 2002 09:00:49 PM

Arjun Ray scripsit:

> Since security through obscurity is no security at all - unless you're as
> clue-challenged as this Russell Kay chappie - data being self-describing
> is irrelevant.

However, the presence of known sequences in the plaintext *is* an aid
to cryptanalysis, though probably not more than a theoretical one at
this point.

-- 
John Cowan <jcowan@r...>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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